Oscar Niemeyer
Architect
1907-12-15
Books by Oscar Niemeyer
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Quotes by Oscar Niemeyer
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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 buildings to be as light as possible, to touch the ground gently, to swoop and soar, and to surprise.
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Architecture will always express the technical and social progress of the country in which it is carried out. If we wish to give it the human content that it lacks, we must participate in the political struggle.
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When students leave college, they are like children who know nothing about the problems of life, and don't have a political stance.
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Surprise is key in all art.
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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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I enter my studio at 9 a.m. I have lunch here, I return right away to my work and I go out to dinner at 8 p.m. My daily tasks vary very much.
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