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Quote by Oscar Niemeyer
Architecture will always express the technical and social progress

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. – Oscar Niemeyer

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Architecture is my work, and Ive spent my whole life at a drawing board, but life is more important than architecture. What matters is to improve human beings. – Oscar Niemeyer

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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. – Oscar Niemeyer

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

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