Beauty Quote by Oscar Niemeyer

“For me beauty is valued more than anything - the beauty that is manifest in a curved line or in an act of creativity.” quote by Oscar Niemeyer — Download Open image

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

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Surprise is key in all art.

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Architecture is my work, and I've spent my whole life at a drawing board, but life is more important than architecture. What matters is…

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

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Today, architecture is invention. It isn't enough to just be rational - It must also be beautiful.

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I search for surprise in my architecture. A work of art should cause the emotion of newness.

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

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The challenge of a cathedral is very good for architectural inventiveness.

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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 was my way of expressing my ideals: to be simple, to create a world equal to everyone, to look at people with optimism,…

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