Humanity needs dreams to be able to survive the miseries of daily existence, even if only for an instant.

Architecture is invention.

Life is more important than architecture.

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

My architecture is easy to understand. And enjoy. I hope it also is hard to forget.

Life is very fleeting. It’s important to be gentle and optimistic. We look behind and think what we’ve done in this life has been good. It was simple; it was modest. Everyone creates their own story and moves on. That’s it. I don’t feel particularly important. What we create is not important. We’re very insignificant.

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