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Oscar Niemeyer has 45 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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Here, then, is what I wanted to tell you of my architecture. I created it with courage and idealism, but also with…
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When you have a large space to conquer, the curve is the natural solution.
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I deliberately disregarded the right angle and rationalist architecture designed with ruler and square to boldly enter the world of curves and…
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I was attracted by the curve — the liberated, sensual curve suggested by the possibilities of new technology yet so often recalled…
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My work is not about 'form follows function,' but 'form follows beauty' or, even better, 'form follows feminine.'
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Architecture does not change anything. It's always on the side of the wealthy. The important thing is to believe that it can…
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Camus says in 'The Stranger' that reason is the enemy of imagination. Sometimes you have to put reason aside and make something beautiful.
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I had some good opportunities. I was lucky to have had the chance to do things differently. Architecture is about surprise.
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We hated Bauhaus. It was a bad time in architecture. They just didn’t have any talent. All they had were rules. Even…
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Architecture was my way of expressing my ideals: to be simple, to create a world equal to everyone, to look at people…
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We need to feel that life is important; we need that fantasy so we can live a little better.
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We have to have dreams, even if they never come true.
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You can take my factories, burn up my buildings, but give me my people and I'll build the business right back again.
— Henry Ford
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Layering and changeability: this is the key, the combination that is worked into most of my buildings. Occupying one of these buildings…
— Glenn Murcutt
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My buildings are more famous than me.
— Jean Nouvel
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My buildings don't speak in words but by means of their own spaciousness.
— Thom Mayne
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My buildings will be my legacy... they will speak for me long after I'm gone.
— Julia Morgan
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My buildings should have an emotional core –a space which, in itself, has an emotional nice feeling.
— Peter Zumthor
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My buildings are like my children, so I cannot have favorites.
— Cesar Pelli
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I see my buildings as pieces of cities, and in my designs I try to make them into responsible and contributing citizens.
— Cesar Pelli
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Of course, I have given my engineers some headaches over the years, but they go with me. I have always wanted my…
— Oscar Niemeyer
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There's no worse feeling than seeing my buildings and realizing the mistakes.
— Philip Johnson
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My buildings are all on budget.
— Frank Gehry
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My buildings are not particularly expensive. It is not a tin shed. If you want a tinny car, you pay for that.
— Zaha Hadid
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