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

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.

I have always accepted and respected all other schools of architecture, from the chill and elemental structures of Mies van der Rohe to the imagination and delirium of Gaudi. I must design what pleases me in a way that is naturally linked to my roots and the country of my origin.

We need to feel that life is important; we need that fantasy so we can live a little better.

Architecture is invention.

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

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