I deliberately disregarded the right angle and rationalist architecture designed with ruler and square to boldly enter the world of curves and straight lines offered by reinforced concrete... This deliberate protest arose from the environment in which I lived, with its white beaches, its huge mountains, its old baroque churches, and the beautiful suntanned women.
Oscar NiemeyerToday, architecture is invention. It isn't enough to just be rational - It must also be beautiful.
Oscar NiemeyerWhen students leave college, they are like children who know nothing about the problems of life, and don't have a political stance.
Oscar NiemeyerI pick up my pen. It flows. A building appears. There it is. There is nothing more to say.
Oscar NiemeyerLife is very fleeting. Itโs important to be gentle and optimistic. We look behind and think what weโve done in this life has been good. It was simple; it was modest. Everyone creates their own story and moves on. Thatโs it. I donโt feel particularly important. What we create is not important. Weโre very insignificant.
Oscar Niemeyer