9 quotes
Swiss-French architect, designer, urbanist, and writer (1886–1965)
“A hundred times have I thought New York is a catastrophe, and fifty times : It is a beautiful catastrophe.”
"Space and light and order. Those are the things that men need just as much as they need bread or a place to sleep."
on Life
"The present moment is creative creating with an unheard-of intensity."
on Creativity
"Architecture is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in the light."
on Art
"To create architecture is to put in order. Put what in order? Function and objects."
"I prefer drawing to talking. Drawing is faster, and leaves less room for lies."
"Genius is personal decided by fate but it expresses itself by means of system. There is no work of art without system."
"A house is a machine for living in."
on Philosophy
"The home should be the treasure chest of living."
