Humanity needs dreams to be able to survive the miseries of daily existence, even if only for an instant. – Oscar Niemeyer
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
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
There is no reason to design buildings that are more basic and rectilinear, because with concrete you can cover almost any space. – Oscar Niemeyer
After having done this whole slew of press for Big Love, now Ill have anxiety dreams for like a week and a half about all the stupid things I said. I cant even imagine being in front of the cameras all the time. I had a weird dream the other night that I was on Jersey Shore. – Chloe Sevigny