Life is more important than architecture.

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.

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 search for surprise in my architecture. A work of art should cause the emotion of newness.

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

Here, then, is what I wanted to tell you of my architecture. I created it with courage and idealism, but also with an awareness of the fact that what is important is life, friends and attempting to make this unjust world a better place in which to live.

There is no reason to design buildings that are more basic and rectilinear, because with concrete you can cover almost any space.