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Leon Krier Quotes

Surprisingly, the Eisenhower Memorial design contains almost none of the known Gehry-box of tricks. His giant etched chain-link curtain, first applied in 1979 to hide an ungracious parking garage at Santa Monica Place, is resurrected for Eisenhower to screen the equally graceless facade of the Department of Education Picture Quote #1

You can’t have the finest buildings if they’re not in focus. They become like nice cars parked on the street Picture Quote #1

Against expectations I was charmed by Gehry’s Edgemar development, which housed the Santa Monica Museum of Art, and positively awed by the Bilbao Guggenheim. That Gehry is a great artist I have no doubt, but talent and determination are no warrant against confusion, nor are they a guaranty to produce great art Picture Quote #1

A city can only be reconstructed in the form of urban quarters. A large or a small city can only be reorganized as a large or a small number of urban quarters; as a federation of autonomous quarters. Each quarter must have its own center, periphery and limit. Each quarter must be a city within a city Picture Quote #1

Horizontal and vertical sprawl... are the dinosaurs of an ending fossil-fuel age of synthetic culture Picture Quote #1

The problem was Le Corbusier was a genius and an enormous artist, but he tried to resolve problems to which there is no solution. So the idea to demolish the centre of Paris in order to adapt it to the car - he drew it! - is something not even the most bloody dictators conceived Picture Quote #1

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Modernist architecture and town planning is inimical to human beings... based on the Darwinian concept that evolution is open ended, that there must always be something new and better Picture Quote #1

Human intelligence is a limited resource. It cannot solve problems caused by ignoring fundamentals of existence Picture Quote #1

For architecture, nature provides only indications and analogies, not models to imitate Picture Quote #1

A city is not an accident but the result of coherent visions and aims Picture Quote #1

Cities and landscapes are illustrations of our spiritual and material worth. They not only express our values but give them a tangible reality. They determine the way in which we use or squander our energy, time, and land resources Picture Quote #1

You need a prince to make a town in an intellectual sense. Developers want to make money. If they cared about architecture, they’d become architects. I’ve had so many projects that never came off because they had no sponsor, and not because they were utopian. I just want to build a town that’s normal Picture Quote #1

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If a dictator takes up my ideas, the resulting town will survive the political system that commissioned it and stand as a social good. Besides, modernism rather than classicism has dominated the architecture of totalitarian regimes of both the left and right Picture Quote #1

I don’t build because I am an architect. I can make true architecture because I do not build Picture Quote #1

In fact, the public will accept any city plan and skyline provided that its architecture is traditional Picture Quote #1

Authentic architecture is not the incarnation of the spirit of the age but of the spirit, full stop Picture Quote #1

The rigidity of a bottle’s form does not affect the fluidity of the liquid it contains Picture Quote #1

Viewed from a certain distance and under good light, even an ugly city can look like the promised land Picture Quote #1

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Surprisingly, the Eisenhower Memorial design contains almost none of the known Gehry-box of tricks. His giant etched chain-link curtain, first applied in 1979 to hide an ungracious parking garage at Santa Monica Place, is resurrected for Eisenhower to screen the equally graceless facade of the Department of Education. (Leon Krier Quotes) You can’t have the finest buildings if they’re not in focus. They become like nice cars parked on the street. (Leon Krier Quotes) Against expectations I was charmed by Gehry’s Edgemar development, which housed the Santa Monica Museum of Art, and positively awed by the Bilbao Guggenheim. That Gehry is a great artist I have no doubt, but talent and determination are no warrant against confusion, nor are they a guaranty to produce great art. (Leon Krier Quotes) A city can only be reconstructed in the form of urban quarters. A large or a small city can only be reorganized as a large or a small number of urban quarters; as a federation of autonomous quarters. Each quarter must have its own center, periphery and limit. Each quarter must be a city within a city (Leon Krier Quotes) Horizontal and vertical sprawl... are the dinosaurs of an ending fossil-fuel age of synthetic culture (Leon Krier Quotes) The problem was Le Corbusier was a genius and an enormous artist, but he tried to resolve problems to which there is no solution. So the idea to demolish the centre of Paris in order to adapt it to the car - he drew it! - is something not even the most bloody dictators conceived (Leon Krier Quotes) Modernist architecture and town planning is inimical to human beings... based on the Darwinian concept that evolution is open ended, that there must always be something new and better (Leon Krier Quotes) Human intelligence is a limited resource. It cannot solve problems caused by ignoring fundamentals of existence (Leon Krier Quotes) For architecture, nature provides only indications and analogies, not models to imitate (Leon Krier Quotes) A city is not an accident but the result of coherent visions and aims (Leon Krier Quotes) Cities and landscapes are illustrations of our spiritual and material worth. They not only express our values but give them a tangible reality. They determine the way in which we use or squander our energy, time, and land resources (Leon Krier Quotes) You need a prince to make a town in an intellectual sense. Developers want to make money. If they cared about architecture, they’d become architects. I’ve had so many projects that never came off because they had no sponsor, and not because they were utopian. I just want to build a town that’s normal (Leon Krier Quotes) If a dictator takes up my ideas, the resulting town will survive the political system that commissioned it and stand as a social good. Besides, modernism rather than classicism has dominated the architecture of totalitarian regimes of both the left and right (Leon Krier Quotes) I don’t build because I am an architect. I can make true architecture because I do not build (Leon Krier Quotes) In fact, the public will accept any city plan and skyline provided that its architecture is traditional (Leon Krier Quotes) Authentic architecture is not the incarnation of the spirit of the age but of the spirit, full stop (Leon Krier Quotes) The rigidity of a bottle’s form does not affect the fluidity of the liquid it contains (Leon Krier Quotes) Viewed from a certain distance and under good light, even an ugly city can look like the promised land (Leon Krier Quotes)