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Inspirational Quotes by Oscar Niemeyer
- My work is not about 'form follows function,' but 'form follows beauty' or, even better, 'form follows feminine.'
- We have to have dreams, even if they never come true.
- Turning 102 is crap, and there is nothing to commemorate.
- Life is more important than architecture.
- Architecture is invention.
- Right angles don't attract me. Nor straight, hard and inflexible lines created by man.
- For me beauty is valued more than anything - the beauty that is manifest in a curved line or in an act of creativity.
- I am a Brazilian before I am an architect. I cannot separate the two.
- I pick up my pen. It flows. A building appears. There it is. There is nothing more to say.
- I think of myself as no more than 60. What I could do at 60, I can still do now.
- Surprise is key in all art.
More Inspirational Quotes
- This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
- There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
- These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
- I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
- I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento