Le Corbusier Quotes | Beyond Motive

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Le Corbusier was a Swiss architect and urban planner born on October 6, 1887. He is known for his pioneering work in modern architecture and design, advocating for functional and minimalist structures. Le Corbusier developed innovative concepts such as the "Modulor," a system of proportions based on human scale. His influential designs, including the Villa Savoye and the Unit� d'Habitation, have had a lasting impact on architecture worldwide. Le Corbusier is remembered as a key figure in the development of modernist architecture.

"Space and light and order. Those are the things that men need just as much as they need bread or a place to sleep."

Men, Light, Order, Sleep

"Architecture is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in the light."

Architecture, Light

"I prefer drawing to talking. Drawing is faster, and leaves less room for lies."

Lie, Lies, Talking

"A house is a machine for living in."

Living, Machine

"The home should be the treasure chest of living."

Home, Living, Treasure

"To create architecture is to put in order. Put what in order? Function and objects."

Architecture, Order

"A hundred times have I thought New York is a catastrophe and 50 times: It is a beautiful catastrophe."

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