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I think of myself as no more ...

I think of myself as no more than 60. What I could do at 60, I can still do now.

Oscar Niemeyer 59 quotes

I had some good opportunities...

I had some good opportunities. I was lucky to have had the chance to do things differently. Architecture is about surprise.

Oscar Niemeyer 59 quotes

What attracts me are free and...

What attracts me are free and sensual curves. The curves we find in mountains, in the waves of the sea, in the body of the woman we love.

Oscar Niemeyer 59 quotes

My architecture is easy to un...

My architecture is easy to understand. And enjoy. I hope it also is hard to forget.

Oscar Niemeyer 59 quotes

My ambition has always been t...

My ambition has always been to reduce a building's support to a minimum. The more we diminish supporting structures, the more audacious and important the architecture is. That has been my life's work.

Oscar Niemeyer 59 quotes

Today, architecture is invent...

Today, architecture is invention. It isn't enough to just be rational - It must also be beautiful.

Oscar Niemeyer 59 quotes

I have always accepted and re...

I have always accepted and respected all other schools of architecture, from the chill and elemental structures of Mies van der Rohe to the imagination and delirium of Gaudi. I must design what pleases me in a way that is naturally linked to my roots and the country of my origin.

Oscar Niemeyer 59 quotes

Architecture is invention. ...

Architecture is invention.

Oscar Niemeyer 59 quotes

Right angles don't attract me...

Right angles don't attract me. Nor straight, hard and inflexible lines created by man.

Oscar Niemeyer 59 quotes

Curves are the essence of my ...

Curves are the essence of my work because they are the essence of Brazil, pure and simple.

Oscar Niemeyer 59 quotes

Life is more important than a...

Life is more important than architecture.

Oscar Niemeyer 59 quotes

Humanity needs dreams to be a...

Humanity needs dreams to be able to survive the miseries of daily existence, even if only for an instant.

Oscar Niemeyer 59 quotes

Architecture will always expr...

Architecture will always express the technical and social progress of the country in which it is carried out. If we wish to give it the human content that it lacks, we must participate in the political struggle.

Oscar Niemeyer 59 quotes

When I was very little my mot...

When I was very little my mother said I used to draw in the air with my fingers. I needed a pencil. Once I could hold one, I have drawn every day since.

Oscar Niemeyer 59 quotes

There is no reason to design ...

There is no reason to design buildings that are more basic and rectilinear, because with concrete you can cover almost any space.

Oscar Niemeyer 59 quotes

It was the drawing that led m...

It was the drawing that led me to architecture, the search for light and astonishing forms.

Oscar Niemeyer 59 quotes

My work is not about 'form fo...

My work is not about 'form follows function,' but 'form follows beauty' or, even better, 'form follows feminine.'

Oscar Niemeyer 59 quotes

Of course, I have given my en...

Of course, I have given my engineers some headaches over the years, but they go with me. I have always wanted my buildings to be as light as possible, to touch the ground gently, to swoop and soar, and to surprise.

Oscar Niemeyer 59 quotes

I enter my studio at 9 a.m. I...

I enter my studio at 9 a.m. I have lunch here, I return right away to my work and I go out to dinner at 8 p.m. My daily tasks vary very much.

Oscar Niemeyer 59 quotes

Architecture is my work, and ...

Architecture is my work, and I've spent my whole life at a drawing board, but life is more important than architecture. What matters is to improve human beings.

Oscar Niemeyer 59 quotes

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