I am a Brazilian before I am an architect. I cannot separate the two.
Surprise is key in all art.
I had some good opportunities. I was lucky to have had the chance to do things differently. Architecture is about surprise.
I pick up my pen. It flows. A building appears. There it is. There is nothing more to say.
I think of myself as no more than 60. What I could do at 60, I can still do now.
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.