31 Quotes by Léon Krier

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

The rigidity of a bottle’s form does not affect the fluidity of the liquid it contains.

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.

As is the case with all good things in life – love, good manners, language, cooking – personal creativity is required only rarely.