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

Architecture does not change anything. It's always on the side of the wealthy. The important thing is to believe that it can make life better.

Architecture is my work, and Ive spent my whole life at a drawing board, but life is more important than architecture. What matters is to improve human beings.

In architecture it isn't enough to just have the right building that works well. It can also be beautiful. It can also be different. It can create surprise. And surprise is the main thing in a work of art. [] I like and respect Brasí­lia very much. It is a simple city, a rational one. I always defend the urban design of Brasí­lia

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.

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

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