Considerable sacrifices were demanded of the inhabitants of the machine in order that purely abstract formal development... might be carried as far as possible.

Considerable sacrifices were demanded of the inhabitants of the machine in order that purely abstract formal development... might be carried as far as possible.

It is a question of building which is at the root of the social unrest of today: architecture or revolution.

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

Our own epoch is determining, day by day, its own style. Our eyes, unhappily, are unable yet to discern it.

To be modern is not a fashion, it is a state. It is necessary to understand history, and he who understands history knows how to find continuity between that which was, that which is, and that which will be.

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