Le Corbusier Cities Quotations

The object of this edict is to enlighten the present and future citizens of Chandigarh about the basic concepts of planning of the city so that they become its guardians and save it from whims of individuals.

Vehement silhouettes of Manhattan - that vertical city with unimaginable diamonds.

Belgrade is the ugliest city in the world in the most beautiful place in the world.

The city of Chandigarh is planned to human scale. It puts us in touch with the infinite cosmos and nature. It provides us with places and buildings for all human activities by which the citizens can live a full and harmonious life. Here the radiance of nature and heart are within our reach.

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

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