Oscar Niemeyer Quotes

“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.'”

“For me beauty is valued more than anything - the beauty that is manifest in a curved line or in an act of creativity.”

“Form follows beauty.”

“Architecture is invention.”

“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.”

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

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

“It was the drawing that led me to architecture, the search for light and astonishing forms.”

“Curves are the essence of my work because they are the essence of Brazil, pure and simple.”

“There is no reason to design buildings that are more basic and rectilinear, because with concrete you can cover almost any space.”