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 was the drawing that led me to architecture, the search for light and astonishing forms.

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

Humanity needs dreams to be able to survive the miseries of daily existence, even if only for an instant.

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

I 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.

The challenge of a cathedral is very good for architectural inventiveness.