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Quote by Oscar Niemeyer
It was the drawing that led me to architecture, the search for lig

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

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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

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Morning
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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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design
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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

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Beauty
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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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architecture

If I have a style, I am not aware of it. – Michael Graves

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architecture

Of all the lessons most relevant to architecture today, Japanese flexibility is the greatest. – Stephen Gardiner

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architecture

A city building, you experience when you walk a suburban building, you experience when you drive. – Helmut Jahn

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architecture

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