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Oscar Niemeyer [1907-2012] Brazilian
Rank: 101
Architect


Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho — known as Oscar Niemeyer — was a Brazilian architect who is considered to be one of the key figures in the development of modern architecture.

Architecture, Beauty, Art, Design, Dreams, Morning, Space



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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. Beauty
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I search for surprise in my architecture. A work of art should cause the emotion of newness. Architecture, Art
102
My work is not about 'form follows function,' but 'form follows beauty' or, even better, 'form follows feminine.' Beauty
103
Humanity needs dreams to be able to survive the miseries of daily existence, even if only for an instant. Dreams
104
Curves are the essence of my work because they are the essence of Brazil, pure and simple.
105
Right angles don't attract me. Nor straight, hard and inflexible lines created by man.
106
Architecture is invention. Architecture
107
The artistic capability of reinforced concrete is so fantastic - that is the way to go.
108
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 since.
109
I like talking to priests, to Catholics. Everyone has their beliefs.
110
I am a Brazilian before I am an architect. I cannot separate the two.
111
It is not with architecture that one can disseminate any political ideology. Architecture
112
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. Architecture
113
When students leave college, they are like children who know nothing about the problems of life, and don't have a political stance.
114
There is no reason to design buildings that are more basic and rectilinear, because with concrete you can cover almost any space. Design, Space
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Form follows beauty.
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Surprise is key in all art.
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It was the drawing that led me to architecture, the search for light and astonishing forms. Architecture
118
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 possible, to touch the ground gently, to swoop and soar, and to surprise.
119
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. Architecture
120
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. Morning
121
I pick up my pen. It flows. A building appears. There it is. There is nothing more to say.
122
The challenge of a cathedral is very good for architectural inventiveness.
123
I think of myself as no more than 60. What I could do at 60, I can still do now.
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I enter my studio at 9 a.m. I have lunch here, I return right away to my work and I go out to dinner at 8 p.m. My daily tasks vary very much.
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