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Famous Oscar Niemeyer Quotes
“I am a Brazilian before I am an architect. I cannot separate the two.”
“I like talking to priests, to Catholics. Everyone has their beliefs.”
“I pick up my pen. It flows. A building appears. There it is. There is nothing more to say.”
“I think of myself as no more than 60. What I could do at 60, I can still do now.”
“The challenge of a cathedral is very good for architectural inventiveness.”
“My architecture is easy to understand. And enjoy. I hope it also is hard to forget.”
“Curves are the essence of my work because they are the essence of Brazil, pure and simple.”
“When you have a large space to conquer, the curve is the natural solution.”
“We need to feel that life is important; we need that fantasy so we can live a little better.”
“The artistic capability of reinforced concrete is so fantastic - that is the way to go.”
“I search for surprise in my architecture. A work of art should cause the emotion of newness.”
“Today, architecture is invention. It isn't enough to just be rational - It must also be beautiful.”
“It is not with architecture that one can disseminate any political ideology.”
“It was the drawing that led me to architecture, the search for light and astonishing forms.”
“Right angles don't attract me. Nor straight, hard and inflexible lines created by man.”