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

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

I am a Brazilian before I am an architect. I cannot separate the two.

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

The artistic capability of reinforced concrete is so fantastic - that is the way to go.

What attracts me are free and sensual curves. The curves we find in mountains, in the waves of the sea, in the body of the woman we love.

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.