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When the Cathedrals Were White QUOTES

When the Cathedrals Were White QUOTES

1 " …the schist pyramids can leave us contrite. Greatness is in the intention; and not in dimensions. "

― Le Corbusier , When the Cathedrals Were White

2 " When I flew over the Atlas Mountains in a plane, I realized that their formation-through erosion, geological dramas, the action of winds-was completely independent of our moral anxieties; man is in a kind of cyclone; he builds solid houses to protect and shelter his heart. Outside, nature is nothing but indifference, even terror. "

― Le Corbusier , When the Cathedrals Were White

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

― Le Corbusier , When the Cathedrals Were White

4 " Education will always be torn between two fatalities: apostleship and egoism. "

― Le Corbusier , When the Cathedrals Were White

5 " Design has killed architecture.
Design is what they teach in the schools. "

― Le Corbusier , When the Cathedrals Were White

6 " …the skyscrapers of God dominated the countryside. They had made them as high as possible, extraordinarily high. It may seem a disproportion in the ensemble. Not at all, it was an act of optimism, a gesture of courage, a sign of pride, a proof of mastery! In addressing themselves to God, men did not sign their own abdication. "

― Le Corbusier , When the Cathedrals Were White

7 " When the cathedrals were white, spirit was triumphant. But today the cathedrals of France are black and the spirit is bruised. The works of the new civilization are coming together in a symphonic crescendo. The guiding spirit is faltering. The young act, but they do not know. The old cling to their accumulated treasures, but are unable to accomplish anything further. "

― Le Corbusier , When the Cathedrals Were White