Frases de Le Corbusier

“Solo vale la pena aprender lo que no se puede explicar.”

“Funcionalismo, palabra ingrata, nacida bajo otros cielos que los que siempre hemos amado recorrer, allí donde el sol es señor.”

“La arquitectura es el encuentro de la luz con la forma.”

“La naturaleza se hace paisaje cuando el hombre la enmarca”

“Prefiero dibujar a hablar. Dibujar es más rápido y deja menos espacio para las mentiras.”

“Una casa es una máquina para vivir. (…)La casa debe ser el estuche de la vida, la máquina de felicidad.”

“Arquitectura es cosa de arte, un fenómeno de emociones, que queda fuera y más allá de las cuestiones constructivas. El propósito de la construcción es mantener las cosas juntas y el de la arquitectura es deleitarnos”

“La arquitectura es el punto de partida del que quiera llevar a la humanidad hacia un porvenir mejor.”

“Trabajé por lo que más necesitan los hombres hoy: el silencio y la paz.”

“La arquitectura debe de ser la expresión de nuestro tiempo y no un plagio de las culturas pasadas.”

“La geometría solucionará los problemas de la Arquitectura”

“…ma vie, mes joies, mes pleures…”

“Parece un poco extravagante haber trabajado tanto. Trabajar no es un castigo. Trabajar es respirar.”

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

“The age of personal statues is gone.”

“Architecture is the masterly, correct and magnificent play of masses brought together in light.”

“It is a question of building which is at the root of the social unrest of today: architecture or revolution.”

“A hundred times I have thought: New York is a catastrophe, and fifty times: it is a beautiful catastrophe.”

“The truthfulness of materials of constructions, concrete, bricks and stone, shall be maintained in all buildings constructed or to be constructed.
The seed of Chandigarh is well sown. It is for the citizens to see that the tree flourishes.”

“The object of this edict is to enlighten the present and future citizens of Chandigarh about the basic concepts of planning of the city so that they become its guardians and save it from whims of individuals.”

“A house is a machine for living in.”

“Vehicular traffic is completely forbidden in the green strips, where tranquility shall reign and the curse of noise shall not penetrate.”

“You know, it is life that is right and the architect who is wrong.”

“You employ stone, wood and concrete, and with these materials you build houses and palaces. That is construction. Ingenuity is at work.
But suddenly you touch my heart, you do me good, I am happy and I say: "This is beautiful."”

“The city of Chandigarh is planned to human scale. It puts us in touch with the infinite cosmos and nature. It provides us with places and buildings for all human activities by which the citizens can live a full and harmonious life. Here the radiance of nature and heart are within our reach.”

“Modern life demands, and is waiting for, a new kind of plan, both for the house and the city.”

“The "styles" are a lie.”

“My own duty and my aim is to try and raise people out of their misery, away from catastrophe; to provide them with happiness, with a contented existence, with harmony. My own goal is to establish or re-establish harmony between people and their environment.”