Author: Oscar Niemeyer

Quotes

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

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

Surprise is key in all art.

Surprise is key in all art.

- 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

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

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

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

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

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

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