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

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

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

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

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

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

- 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

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

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

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