Author: Oscar Niemeyer

Quotes

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

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

- Oscar Niemeyer

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

When students leave college, they are like children who know nothing about the problems of life, and don't have a political stance.

When students leave college, they are like children who know nothing about the problems of life, and don't have a political stance.

- Oscar Niemeyer

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.

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

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

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

Surprise is key in all art.

Surprise is key in all art.

- 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

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