Right angles don't attract me. Nor straight, hard and inflexible lines created by man.
Oscar NiemeyerI have always accepted and respected all other schools of architecture, from the chill and elemental structures of Mies van der Rohe to the imagination and delirium of Gaudi. I must design what pleases me in a way that is naturally linked to my roots and the country of my origin.
Oscar NiemeyerI search for surprise in my architecture. A work of art should cause the emotion of newness.
Oscar NiemeyerCamus says in 'The Stranger' that reason is the enemy of imagination. Sometimes you have to put reason aside and make something beautiful.
Oscar Niemeyer