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Here, then, is what I wanted ...

Here, then, is what I wanted to tell you of my architecture. I created it with courage and idealism, but also with an awareness of the fact that what is important is life, friends and attempting to make this unjust world a better place in which to live.

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

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

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

We have to have dreams, even ...

We have to have dreams, even if they never come true.

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I was attracted by the curve ...

I was attracted by the curve — the liberated, sensual curve suggested by the possibilities of new technology yet so often recalled in venerable old baroque churches.

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Architecture does not change ...

Architecture does not change anything. It's always on the side of the wealthy. The important thing is to believe that it can make life better.

Oscar Niemeyer 59 quotes

I deliberately disregarded th...

I deliberately disregarded the right angle and rationalist architecture designed with ruler and square to boldly enter the world of curves and straight lines offered by reinforced concrete... This deliberate protest arose from the environment in which I lived, with its white beaches, its huge mountains, its old baroque churches, and the beautiful suntanned women.

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Life is very fleeting. It’s i...

Life is very fleeting. It’s important to be gentle and optimistic. We look behind and think what we’ve done in this life has been good. It was simple; it was modest. Everyone creates their own story and moves on. That’s it. I don’t feel particularly important. What we create is not important. We’re very insignificant.

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In architecture it isn't enou...

In architecture it isn't enough to just have the right building that works well. It can also be beautiful. It can also be different. It can create surprise. And surprise is the main thing in a work of art. [] I like and respect Bras?­lia very much. It is a simple city, a rational one. I always defend the urban design of Bras?­lia

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Camus says in 'The Stranger' ...

Camus says in 'The Stranger' that reason is the enemy of imagination. Sometimes you have to put reason aside and make something beautiful.

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We hated Bauhaus. It was a ba...

We hated Bauhaus. It was a bad time in architecture. They just didn’t have any talent. All they had were rules. Even for knives and forks they created rules. Picasso would never have accepted rules. The house is like a machine? No! The mechanical is ugly. The rule is the worst thing. You just want to break it.

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Life is more important than a...

Life is more important than architecture.

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I search for surprise in my ar...

I search for surprise in my architecture. A work of art should cause the emotion of newness.

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There is no reason to design b...

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

For me beauty is valued more t...

For me beauty is valued more than anything - the beauty that is manifest in a curved line or in an act of creativity.

Oscar Niemeyer 59 quotes

My work is not about 'form fol...

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

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It was the drawing that led me...

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

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Humanity needs dreams to be ab...

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

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Sometimes I lose a whole morni...

Sometimes I lose a whole morning waiting on journalists and other people who look for me. But I always find some time for reading, talking to my friends and feeling what is happening in this world.

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