Le Corbusier
Pioneer of modern architecture
Most quoted
"The architect, by his arrangement of forms, realizes an order which is a pure creation of his spirit; by forms and shapes he affects our senses to produce plastic emotions; by the relationships which he creates, he awakens in us profound echoes, he gives us the measure of an order which we feel to be in accordance with that of our world, he determines the various movements of our heart and of our understanding; it is then that we experience the sense of beauty."
— from Towards a New Architecture, 1923
"Architecture is the masterly, correct, and magnificent play of masses brought together in light. Our eyes are made to see forms in light; light and shade reveal these forms; cubes, cones, spheres, cylinders, or pyramids are the great primary forms which light reveals to advantage; the image of these is distinct and without ambiguity. It is for this reason that these are beautiful forms, the most beautiful forms."
— from Towards a New Architecture, 1923
"Architecture is the masterly, correct and magnificent play of masses brought together in light. Our eyes are made to see forms in light; light and shade reveal these forms; cubes, cones, spheres, cylinders or pyramids are the great primary forms which light reveals to advantage; the image of these is distinct and without ambiguity. It is for this reason that these are beautiful forms, the most beautiful forms."
— from Towards a New Architecture, 1923
All quotes by Le Corbusier (365)
I hate the house.
The Modulor is the key to human measure.
Architecture is the crystallization of society.
The sun is the master of life.
Form follows function, but function follows form.
The engineer is the architect of the future.
Beauty is the magnificent gift of God.
The dwelling is the cell of the city.
I am not a theorist, I am a practitioner.
The vertical garden is the future.
Architecture must be beautiful.
The machine is the new monument.
Life is beautiful when organized.
The window is the eye of the house.
Unity of plan, diversity of elements.
The city must be a place of joy.
I design for the masses.
The skeleton of the building is its truth.
Architecture is inhabited sculpture.
The future is in the air.
Contemporaries of Le Corbusier
Other Architectures born within 50 years of Le Corbusier (1887–1965).