Léon Krier Quotes

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

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A city is not an accident but the result of coherent visions and aims.

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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.

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In fact, the public will accept any city plan and skyline provided that its architecture is traditional.

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

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Authentic architecture is not the incarnation of the spirit of the age but of the spirit, full stop.

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All buildings, large or small, public or private, have a public face, a facade; they therefore, without exception, have a positive or negative effect on the quality of the public realm, enriching or impoverishing it in a lasting and radical manner. The architecture of the city and public space is a matter of common concern to the same degree as laws and language—they are the foundation of civility and civilisation.

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

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For architecture, nature provides only indications and analogies, not models to imitate.

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

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