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.
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 NiemeyerMy 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.
Oscar Niemeyer