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

Oscar Niemeyer
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  1. Humanity needs dreams to be able to survive the miseries of daily existence, even if only for an instant.

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

  3. Curves are the essence of my work because they are the essence of Brazil, pure and simple.

  4. It was the drawing that led me to architecture, the search for light and astonishing forms.

  5. It is not with architecture that one can disseminate any political ideology.

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