For me beauty is valued more than anything – the beauty that is manifest in a curved line or in an act of creativity. – Oscar Niemeyer
I search for surprise in my architecture. A work of art should cause the emotion of newness. – Oscar Niemeyer
My work is not about form follows function, but form follows beauty or, even better, form follows feminine. – Oscar Niemeyer
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. – Oscar Niemeyer