Humanity needs dreams to be able to survive the miseries of daily existence, even if only for an instant.
Oscar NiemeyerWe hated Bauhaus. It was a bad time in architecture. They just didnโt have any talent. All they had were rules. Even for knives and forks they created rules. Picasso would never have accepted rules. The house is like a machine? No! The mechanical is ugly. The rule is the worst thing. You just want to break it.
Oscar NiemeyerFor me beauty is valued more than anything - the beauty that is manifest in a curved line or in an act of creativity.
Oscar NiemeyerA church is something very beautiful. It is nice when people feel happy in it. But I am not a religious man. Look at us, and then at the infinity of space. We are rather small insignificant creatures, wouldnโt you say?
Oscar Niemeyer