List of Oscar Niemeyer Quotes

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Oscar Niemeyer
Total Quotes 48
Sometimes i lose a whole morning waiting on journalists and other people who look for me. but i always find some time for reading, talking to my friends and feeling what is happening in this world.
Morning Reading Talking
In architecture it isn't enough to just have the right building that works well. it can also be beautiful. it can also be different. it can create surprise. and surprise is the main thing in a work of art. [] i like and respect brasí­lia very much. it is a simple city, a rational one. i always defend the urban design of brasí­lia
Beautiful Art Simple
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.
Daily Tasks Lunch Dinner
I like talking to priests, to catholics. everyone has their beliefs.
Talking Catholic Belief
I think of myself as no more than 60. what i could do at 60, i can still do now.
Thinking Stills I Can
Turning 102 is crap, and there is nothing to commemorate.
Crap
It is not with architecture that one can disseminate any political ideology.
Political Architecture Ideology
When students leave college, they are like children who know nothing about the problems of life, and don't have a political stance.
Children College Political
A church is something very beautiful. it is nice when people feel happy in it. but i am not a religious man. look at us, and then at the infinity of space. we are rather small insignificant creatures, wouldn’t you say?
Beautiful Religious Nice
Architecture does not change anything. it's always on the side of the wealthy. the important thing is to believe that it can make life better.
Believe Important Doe
There is no reason to design buildings that are more basic and rectilinear, because with concrete you can cover almost any space.
Space Design Building
When i was very little my mother said i used to draw in the air with my fingers. i needed a pencil. once i could hold one, i have drawn every day since.
Mother Air Littles
  • Born: December 15, 1907
  • Died: December 5, 2012
  • Occupation: Architect
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