Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Le Corbusier Quotes: Architecture is the masterly, correct, and magnificent play of masses brought together in light. Our eyes are made to see forms in light: light and shade reveal these forms.
         

Architecture is the masterly, correct, and magnificent play of masses brought together in light. Our eyes are made to see forms in light: light and shade reveal these forms.


Le Corbusier
Check all other quotes by Le Corbusier

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Le Corbusier Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Fri. 19 Apr. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/Architecture-is-the-masterly-correct-and-magnificent-809271>.





Check out


Other quotes of Le Corbusier


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

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



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

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



Light creates ambience and feel of a place, as well as the expression of a structure.

Light creates ambience and feel of a place, as well as the expression of a structure.



The materials of city planning are: sky, space, trees, steel and cement; in that order and that hierarchy.

The materials of city planning are: sky, space, trees, steel and cement; in that order and that hierarchy.



The purpose of construction is TO MAKE THINGS HOLD TOGETHER; of architecture TO MOVE US.

The purpose of construction is TO MAKE THINGS HOLD TOGETHER; of architecture TO MOVE US.



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

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



Chairs are architecture, sofas are bourgeois.

Chairs are architecture, sofas are bourgeois.



You don't start a revolution by fighting the state but by presenting the solutions.

You don't start a revolution by fighting the state but by presenting the solutions.



A house is a machine for living in.

A house is a machine for living in.



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

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





Other quotes you may like


You only get a second to score a goal in football. In Wolves' case it was 20 seconds

You only get a second to score a goal in football. In Wolves' case it was 20 seconds



Write the way you talk. Naturally.

Write the way you talk. Naturally.



Grace is free, but when once you take it, you are bound forever to the Giver and bound to catch the spirit of the Giver.

Grace is free, but when once you take it, you are bound forever to the Giver and bound to catch the spirit of the Giver.



Haters...are all failures. It's 100% across the board. No one who is truly brilliant at anything is a hater.

Haters...are all failures. It's 100% across the board. No one who is truly brilliant at anything is a hater.



It is vital for Russia to normalize relations with the rest of the world. You shouldn't isolate your economy

It is vital for Russia to normalize relations with the rest of the world. You shouldn't isolate your economy



Maybe the most interesting find in my research is that it is clear that Ronald Reagan, among all modern presidents, plainly rediscovered the founders.

Maybe the most interesting find in my research is that it is clear that Ronald Reagan, among all modern presidents, plainly rediscovered the founders.



I hide my distress, just likethe blessed birds hide themselveswhen they are preparing to die. Wine! Wine, roses, music and yourindifference to my sadness, my loved-one!

I hide my distress, just likethe blessed birds hide themselveswhen they are preparing to die. Wine! Wine, roses, music and yourindifference to my sadness, my loved-one!



Only a weak person needed someone else around all the time.

Only a weak person needed someone else around all the time.



You'll find, my friend, that what you love will take you places you never dreamed you'd go.

You'll find, my friend, that what you love will take you places you never dreamed you'd go.



No one knows like a woman how to say things which are at once gentle and deep.

No one knows like a woman how to say things which are at once gentle and deep.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "Architecture is the masterly, correct, and magnificent play of masses brought together in light. Our eyes are made to see forms in light: light and shade reveal these forms.". Author of this quote is Le Corbusier. This quote is about light, eye, architecture, play, together, shade, made, magnificent,.