Architecture is invention.
From Oscar Niemeyer
Curves are the essence of my work because they are the essence of Brazil, pure and simple.
Right angles don't attract me. Nor straight, hard and inflexible lines created by man.
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.
For me beauty is valued more than anything - the beauty that is manifest in a curved line or in an act of creativity.
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.
My work is not about 'form follows function,' but 'form follows beauty' or, even better, 'form follows feminine.'
Humanity needs dreams to be able to survive the miseries of daily existence, even if only for an instant.
The artistic capability of reinforced concrete is so fantastic - that is the way to go.
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.
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