Le Corbusier
Quotes and other writings
'the acrobat'
"the acrobat is no puppet,
he devotes his life to activities,
in which, in perpetual danger of death,
he performs extraordinary movements of infinite difficulty,
with disciplined exactitude and precision...
free to break his neck and bones be crushed.
nobody asks him to do this.
nobody owes him any thanks.
he lives in an extraordinary world,
of the acrobat.
result: most certainly!
he does things which others can not."
poem as dictated by Balkrishna Doshi (a+u)
"I compose with light"
"the pencil discovers, then goes into action
to lead you well beyond what you are seeing."
"The idea of form comes before that of color.
Form is of prime importance, color is only one of it's accessories."
"Architecture is the masterly, correct and magnificent play of masses brought together in light"
'eyes which do not see', from his book 'vers une architecture'
"In times of danger, the chief must go where others aren't..."
"Manhattan, great unfilleted sole spread out on a rock..."
"The Plan is the generator."
'vers une architecture'
