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Oscar Niemeyer
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"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."
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Oscar Niemeyer
Topic(s):
Morning
"Humanity needs dreams to be able to survive the miseries of daily existence, even if only for an instant."
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Oscar Niemeyer
Topic(s):
Dreams
"There is no reason to design buildings that are more basic and rectilinear, because with concrete you can cover almost any space."
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Oscar Niemeyer
Topic(s):
Design
"My work is not about ‘form follows function,’ but ‘form follows beauty’ or, even better, ‘form follows feminine.’"
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Oscar Niemeyer
Topic(s):
Beauty
"For me beauty is valued more than anything – the beauty that is manifest in a curved line or in an act of creativity."
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Oscar Niemeyer
Topic(s):
Beauty
"Form follows beauty."
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Oscar Niemeyer
Topic(s):
Beauty
"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."
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Oscar Niemeyer
Topic(s):
Architecture
"Architecture will always express the technical and social progress of the country in which it is carried out. If we wish to give it the human content that it lacks, we must participate in the political struggle."
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Oscar Niemeyer
Topic(s):
Architecture
"I search for surprise in my architecture. A work of art should cause the emotion of newness."
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Oscar Niemeyer
Topic(s):
Architecture
"Architecture is invention."
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Oscar Niemeyer
Topic(s):
Architecture
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