My ambition has always been to reduce a building's support to a minimum. The more we diminish supporting structures, the more audacious and important the architecture is. That has been my life's work.

When you have a large space to conquer, the curve is the natural solution.

The architect's role is to fight for a better world, where he can produce an architecture that serves everyone and not just a group of privileged people.

I 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.

It is not with architecture that one can disseminate any political ideology.

Curves are the essence of my work because they are the essence of Brazil, pure and simple.

Right angles don't attract me. Nor straight, hard and inflexible lines created by man.