--- title: "24 Le Corbusier Quotes by 21 authors" description: "Browse 24 Le Corbusier quotes by 21 authors. Discover the best Le Corbusier sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/980/frank-lloyd-wright-1353_books_well-now-that-he-s-finished-one-building_1506798.jpg" --- > [ Well, now that he's finished one building, he'll \[Le Corbusier\] go write four books about it. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-lloyd-wright/well-now-that-he-s-finished-one-building-he-ll-le-corbusier-go-write/) [Frank Lloyd Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-lloyd-wright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/980/frank-lloyd-wright-1353_books_well-now-that-he-s-finished-one-building_1506798.jpg) > [ Forget \[Le Corbusier \]. Forget Modernism. Forget yesterdays' tomorrow. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-howard-kunstler/forget-le-corbusier-forget-modernism-forget-yesterdays-tomorrow/) [James Howard Kunstler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-howard-kunstler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/061/james-howard-kunstler-2886_forget_forget-le-corbusier-forget-modernism-for_715942.png) > [I first decided architecture was for me when I saw Le Corbusier's designs in a Japanese magazine in the 1930s.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenzo-tange/i-first-decided-architecture-was-for-me-when-i-saw-le-corbusier-s/) [Kenzo Tange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenzo-tange/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cc/kenzo-tange-32240_1930s_i-first-decided-architecture-was-for-me_1197060.jpg) > [When I was 16 and on a tour of Europe, I fell in love with Le Corbusier's Notre Dame du Haut chapel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roisin-murphy/when-i-was-16-and-on-a-tour-of-europe-i-fell-in-love-with-le/) [Roisin Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roisin-murphy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/807/roisin-murphy-4949_chapel_when-i-was-16-and-on-a-tour-of-europe-i_547982.png) > [I became a fanatic of the architecture of Le Corbusier and I visited almost all his buildings and read all his books.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/santiago-calatrava/i-became-a-fanatic-of-the-architecture-of-le-corbusier-and-i-visited/) [Santiago Calatrava](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/santiago-calatrava/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fba/santiago-calatrava-3749_architecture_i-became-a-fanatic-of-the-architecture-o_2018866.jpg) > [We're not living in a school-of-Paris world, you know, and the things we really see in America are like this. It's McDonald's,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-lichtenstein/we-re-not-living-in-a-school-of-paris-world-you-know-and-the-things/) [Roy Lichtenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-lichtenstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2db/roy-lichtenstein-8803_america_we-re-not-living-in-a-school-of-paris-wo_2007683.jpg) > [“The Swiss-born architect known as Le Corbusier retreated to his rooms in Paris and sipped cognac and smoked through the worst of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-spinney/the-swiss-born-architect-known-as-le-corbusier-retreated-to-his-rooms/) [Laura Spinney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-spinney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60f/laura-spinney-46405_le-corbusier_the-swiss-born-architect-known-as-le-cor_1296460.jpg) > [Le Corbusier is an outstanding writer. His ideas achieved their impact in large measure because he could write so convincingly. His style…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alain-de-botton/le-corbusier-is-an-outstanding-writer-his-ideas-achieved-their-impact/) [Alain de Botton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alain-de-botton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37a/alain-de-botton-221_achieved_le-corbusier-is-an-outstanding-writer-hi_686390.jpg) > [With the idea that a single creator can build a society wherein a huge number of people will live, Le Corbusier later…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masato-otaka/with-the-idea-that-a-single-creator-can-build-a-society-wherein-a/) [Masato Otaka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masato-otaka/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/adb/masato-otaka-261067_creator_with-the-idea-that-a-single-creator-can_2892964.jpg) > [I like to be in New York. Le Corbusier described it in the 1930s as a 'wonderful catastrophe.' It is still a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dieter-rams/i-like-to-be-in-new-york-le-corbusier-described-it-in-the-1930s-as-a/) [Dieter Rams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dieter-rams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f92/dieter-rams-15086_catastrophe_i-like-to-be-in-new-york-le-corbusier-de_509423.png) > [ The ideas of \[ Le Corbusier \] that actually found their way into practice were deeply destructive - for instance, the tower-in-a-park,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-howard-kunstler/the-ideas-of-le-corbusier-that-actually-found-their-way-into-practice/) [James Howard Kunstler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-howard-kunstler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/439/james-howard-kunstler-2886_20th-century_the-ideas-of-le-corbusier-that-actually_106405.png) > [We are all affected by Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright, Alvar Aalto, and Mies van der Rohe. But no less than Bramante,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-meier/we-are-all-affected-by-le-corbusier-frank-lloyd-wright-alvar-aalto/) [Richard Meier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-meier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f50/richard-meier-23489_affected_we-are-all-affected-by-le-corbusier-fran_1342968.jpg) > [Titian and Rembrandt, Monet and Rodin, Frank Lloyd Wright and Le Corbusier, Mark Twain and Henry James, Robert Frost and Elizabeth Bishop,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-galenson/titian-and-rembrandt-monet-and-rodin-frank-lloyd-wright-and-le/) [David Galenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-galenson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd7/david-galenson-43348_bishops_titian-and-rembrandt-monet-and-rodin-fra_2189749.jpg) > [“An admirer of architects Mies van der Rohe and Le Corbusier, Mr. Vignelli moved to New York from Italy in the mid-1960s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/an-admirer-of-architects-mies-van-der-rohe-and-le-corbusier-mr/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd8/anonymous-1_architecture_an-admirer-of-architects-mies-van-der-ro_1920729.jpg) > [My first architectural project I did, I must have been fifteen, was for neighbors across the street, a couple of school teachers,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emilio-ambasz/my-first-architectural-project-i-did-i-must-have-been-fifteen-was-for/) [Emilio Ambasz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emilio-ambasz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a72/emilio-ambasz-51416_about_my-first-architectural-project-i-did-i-m_2278240.png) > [ For me \[ Giovanni Lorenzo \] Bernini, \[Francesco \] Borromini, and \[Donato\] Bramante have been as significant as Alvar Aalto, Frank Lloyd… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-meier/for-me-giovanni-lorenzo-bernini-francesco-borromini-and-donato/) [Richard Meier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-meier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca4/richard-meier-23489_bernini_for-me-giovanni-lorenzo-bernini-francesc_511305.jpg) > [The problem was Le Corbusier was a genius and an enormous artist, but he tried to resolve problems to which there is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-krier/the-problem-was-le-corbusier-was-a-genius-and-an-enormous-artist-but/) [Leon Krier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-krier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e27/leon-krier-22420_art_the-problem-was-le-corbusier-was-a-geniu_17236.jpg) > [“Le Corbusier was the sort of relentlessly rational intellectual that only France loves wholeheartedly, the logician who flies higher and higher in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-wolfe/le-corbusier-was-the-sort-of-relentlessly-rational-intellectual-that/) [Tom Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-wolfe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/457/tom-wolfe-2191_philosophy_le-corbusier-was-the-sort-of-relentlessl_743608.jpg) > [Everything that would be said against the Eixample's heirs, from Le Corbusier's 'ville radieuse' to Oscar Niemeyer's Brasilia, was already said, with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-hughes/everything-that-would-be-said-against-the-eixample-s-heirs-from-le/) [Robert Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-hughes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8b/robert-hughes-9113_cities_everything-that-would-be-said-against-th_1749045.jpg) > [“Amor mío, no te quiero por vos ni por mí ni por los dos juntos, no te quiero porque la sangre me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julio-cort-zar/amor-m-o-no-te-quiero-por-vos-ni-por-m-ni-por-los-dos-juntos-no-te-2/) [Julio Cortázar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julio-cort-zar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce5/julio-cort-zar-698_amor_amor-m-o-no-te-quiero-por-vos-ni-por-m-n_378294.jpg) > [“To be honest, I was uneasy about Steve. He had a forceful personality, whereas I do not, and I felt threatened by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-catmull/to-be-honest-i-was-uneasy-about-steve-he-had-a-forceful-personality/) [Ed Catmull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-catmull/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6b/ed-catmull-1553_different-level_to-be-honest-i-was-uneasy-about-steve-he_2405722.jpg) > [“We leave to monsieur Le Corbusier his style that suits factories as well as it does hospitals. And the prisons of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-mcdonough/we-leave-to-monsieur-le-corbusier-his-style-that-suits-factories-as/) [Tom McDonough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-mcdonough/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cb/tom-mcdonough-22302_35_we-leave-to-monsieur-le-corbusier-his-st_1018832.jpg) > [“...Amor mío, no te quiero por vos ni por mí ni por los dos juntos, no te quiero porque la sangre me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julio-cort-zar/amor-m-o-no-te-quiero-por-vos-ni-por-m-ni-por-los-dos-juntos-no-te-4/) [Julio Cortázar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julio-cort-zar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef1/julio-cort-zar-698_amor_amor-m-o-no-te-quiero-por-vos-ni-por-m-n_2968777.jpg) > [“Le Corbusier’s unrendered concrete towers, after 27 years of Punjab sun and monsoon and sub-Himalayan winter, looked stained and diseased, and showed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-naipaul-2/le-corbusier-s-unrendered-concrete-towers-after-27-years-of-punjab/) [V.S. Naipaul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-s-naipaul-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7cc/v-s-naipaul-2-16418_architecture_le-corbusier-s-unrendered-concrete-tower_1726023.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/le-corbusier/#itemlist", "name": "Le Corbusier Quotes", "numberOfItems": 24, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Well, now that he's finished one building, he'll [Le Corbusier] go write four books about it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Frank Lloyd Wright" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-lloyd-wright/well-now-that-he-s-finished-one-building-he-ll-le-corbusier-go-write/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/980/frank-lloyd-wright-1353_books_well-now-that-he-s-finished-one-building_1506798.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/980/frank-lloyd-wright-1353_books_well-now-that-he-s-finished-one-building_1506798.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/980/frank-lloyd-wright-1353_books_well-now-that-he-s-finished-one-building_1506798.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Well, now that he's finished one building, he'll [Le Corbusier] go write four books about it.” — Frank Lloyd Wright", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Forget [Le Corbusier ]. 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Claro que te curarás, porque vivís en la salud, después de mí será cualquier otro, eso se cambia como los corpiños...”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Julio Cortázar" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julio-cort-zar/amor-m-o-no-te-quiero-por-vos-ni-por-m-ni-por-los-dos-juntos-no-te-4/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef1/julio-cort-zar-698_amor_amor-m-o-no-te-quiero-por-vos-ni-por-m-n_2968777.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef1/julio-cort-zar-698_amor_amor-m-o-no-te-quiero-por-vos-ni-por-m-n_2968777.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef1/julio-cort-zar-698_amor_amor-m-o-no-te-quiero-por-vos-ni-por-m-n_2968777.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“...Amor mío, no te quiero por vos ni por mí ni por los dos juntos, no te quiero porque la sangre me llame a…” — Julio Cortázar", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 24, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Le Corbusier’s unrendered concrete towers, after 27 years of Punjab sun and monsoon and sub-Himalayan winter, looked stained and diseased, and showed now as quite plain structures, with an applied flashiness: megalomaniac architecture: people reduced to units, individuality reserved only to the architect, imposing his ideas of colour in an inflated Miróesque mural on one building, and imposing an iconography of his own with a giant hand set in a vast flat area of concrete paving, which would have been unbearable in winter and summer and the monsoon. 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