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
It was the drawing that led me to architecture, the search for light and astonishing forms. – 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
My work is not about form follows function, but form follows beauty or, even better, form follows feminine. – Oscar Niemeyer
Through their own actions, customers can hold companies responsible to higher standards of social responsibility. Through collective action, they can leverage their dollars to combat the force of those investors who myopically pursue profits at the expense of the rest of society. – Simon Mainwaring