We have to have dreams, even if they never come true.

Camus says in 'The Stranger' that reason is the enemy of imagination. Sometimes you have to put reason aside and make something beautiful.

For me beauty is valued more than anything - the beauty that is manifest in a curved line or in an act of creativity.

There is no reason to design buildings that are more basic and rectilinear, because with concrete you can cover almost any space.

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.

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.