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

The architect's role is to fight for a better world, where he can produce an architecture that serves everyone and not just a group of privileged people.

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.

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

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.

I was attracted by the curve — the liberated, sensual curve suggested by the possibilities of new technology yet so often recalled in venerable old baroque churches.