Quote by Oscar Niemeyer
There is no reason to design buildings that are more basic and rec

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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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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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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The garden, by design, is concerned with both the interior and the land beyond the garden. – Stephen Gardiner

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I design for real people. I think of our customers all the time. There is no virtue whatsoever in creating clothing or accessories that are not practical. – Giorgio Armani

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The roundness of lifes design may be a sign that there is a presence beyond ourselves. – Wally Lamb

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I dont design cars. Im not a designer. I know what I desire to be built, I know what the end result is, the horsepower, the competition well be working against – but I leave it to the people who work with me to put it all together. I dont do anything. – Caroll Shelby

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Practical life teaches us that people may differ and that both may be wrong: it also teaches us that people may differ and both be right. Anchor yourself fast in the latter faith, or the former will sweep your heart away. – Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers

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