Life is very fleeting. It’s important to be gentle and optimistic. We look behind and think what we’ve done in this life has been good. It was simple; it was modest. Everyone creates their own story and moves on. That’s it. I don’t feel particularly important. What we create is not important. We’re very insignificant.
Oscar NiemeyerHumanity needs dreams to be able to survive the miseries of daily existence, even if only for an instant.
Oscar NiemeyerI 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.
Oscar NiemeyerArchitecture 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.
Oscar Niemeyer