Author: Oscar Niemeyer

Quotes

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

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

- Oscar Niemeyer

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

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

- Oscar Niemeyer

The challenge of a cathedral is very good for architectural inventiveness.

The challenge of a cathedral is very good for architectural inventiveness.

- Oscar Niemeyer

It is not with architecture that one can disseminate any political ideology.

It is not with architecture that one can disseminate any political ideology.

- Oscar Niemeyer

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

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

- Oscar Niemeyer

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

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

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

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

- Oscar Niemeyer

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

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

- Oscar Niemeyer

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.

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

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