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25 quotes by Oscar Niemeyer

Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho (December 15, 1907 – December 5, 2012), known as Oscar Niemeyer (Brazilian Portuguese: [ɔʃˈkaʁ ˈniemajeʁ]), was a Brazilian architect who is considered to be one of the key figures in the development of modern architecture. Niemeyer was best known for his design of civic buildings for Brasília, a planned city that became Brazil's capital in 1960, as well as his collaboration with other...
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Curves are the essence of my work because they are the essence of Brazil, pure and simple.

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Architecture is invention.

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Of course, I have given my engineers some headaches over the years, but they go with me. I have always wanted my buildings to be as light as... →

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Surprise is key in all art.

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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... →

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

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Right angles don't attract me. Nor straight, hard and inflexible lines created by man.

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

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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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It is not with architecture that one can disseminate any political ideology.

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When I was very little my mother said I used to draw in the air with my fingers. I needed a pencil. Once I could hold one, I have drawn every day... →

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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... →

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