Oscar Niemeyer Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

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

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

“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.”

“I like talking to priests, to Catholics. Everyone has their beliefs.”

“I pick up my pen. It flows. A building appears. There it is. There is nothing more to say.”

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

“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.”

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

“Form follows beauty.”

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