I had some good opportunities. I was lucky to have had the chance to do things differently. Architecture is about surprise.

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

I am a Brazilian before I am an architect. I cannot separate the two.

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

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

When students leave college, they are like children who know nothing about the problems of life, and don't have a political stance.

Architecture does not change anything. It's always on the side of the wealthy. The important thing is to believe that it can make life better.