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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…
• When you have a large space to conquer, the curve is the natural solution.
• I deliberately disregarded the right angle and rationalist architecture designed with ruler and square to boldly enter the world of curves and…
• I was attracted by the curve — the liberated, sensual curve suggested by the possibilities of new technology yet so often recalled…
• My work is not about 'form follows function,' but 'form follows beauty' or, even better, 'form follows feminine.'
• Architecture does not change anything. It's always on the side of the wealthy. The important thing is to believe that it can…
• Camus says in 'The Stranger' that reason is the enemy of imagination. Sometimes you have to put reason aside and make something beautiful.
• I had some good opportunities. I was lucky to have had the chance to do things differently. Architecture is about surprise.
• We hated Bauhaus. It was a bad time in architecture. They just didn’t have any talent. All they had were rules. Even…
• Architecture was my way of expressing my ideals: to be simple, to create a world equal to everyone, to look at people…
• We need to feel that life is important; we need that fantasy so we can live a little better.
• We have to have dreams, even if they never come true.

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