"It was the drawing that led me to architecture, the search for light and astonishing forms." ― Oscar Niemeyer Topic(s): Architecture More From Oscar Niemeyer "Architecture is invention." "Sometimes I lose a whole morning waiting on journalists and other people who look for me. But I always find some time for reading, talking to my friends and feeling what is happening in this world." "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." More In Architecture "Vitality is radiated from exceptional art and architecture."― Arthur Erickson "The new architecture of transparency and lightness comes from Japan and Europe."― Arthur Erickson "I loved logic, math, computer programming. I loved systems and logic approaches. And so I just figured architecture is this perfect combination."― Maya Lin