I search for surprise in my architecture. A work of art should cause the emotion of newness. – Oscar Niemeyer
Humanity needs dreams to be able to survive the miseries of daily existence, even if only for an instant. – Oscar Niemeyer
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
Advertising ministers to the spiritual side of trade. It is great power that has been entrusted to your keeping which charges you with the high responsibility of inspiring and ennobling the commercial world. It is all part of the greater work of the regeneration and redemption of mankind. – Calvin Coolidge