A church is something very beautiful. It is nice when people feel happy in it. But I am not a religious man. Look at us, and then at the infinity of ….

We hated Bauhaus. It was a bad time in architecture. They just didn’t have any talent. All they had were rules. Even for knives and forks they create….

My ambition has always been to reduce a building's support to a minimum. The more we diminish supporting structures, the more audacious and important….

I think of myself as no more than 60. What I could do at 60, I can still do now..

The architect's role is to fight for a better world, where he can produce an architecture that serves everyone and not just a group of privileged peo….

What attracts me are free and sensual curves. The curves we find in mountains, in the waves of the sea, in the body of the woman we love..

I had some good opportunities. I was lucky to have had the chance to do things differently. Architecture is about surprise..

Life is very fleeting. It’s important to be gentle and optimistic. We look behind and think what we’ve done in this life has been good. It was simple….

Curves are the essence of my work because they are the essence of Brazil, pure and simple..

Today, architecture is invention. It isn't enough to just be rational - It must also be beautiful..

When you have a large space to conquer, the curve is the natural solution..

I search for surprise in my architecture. A work of art should cause the emotion of newness..

I deliberately disregarded the right angle and rationalist architecture designed with ruler and square to boldly enter the world of curves and straig….

When students leave college, they are like children who know nothing about the problems of life, and don't have a political stance..

Camus says in 'The Stranger' that reason is the enemy of imagination. Sometimes you have to put reason aside and make something beautiful..

Life is more important than architecture..

It is not the right angle that attracts me, nor the straight line, hard and inflexible, created by man. What attracts me is the free and sensual curv….

There is no reason to design buildings that are more basic and rectilinear, because with concrete you can cover almost any space..

My work is not about "form follows function," but "form follows beauty" or, even better, "form follows feminine.".

The rule is the worst thing. You just want to break it..

I pick up my pen. It flows. A building appears. There it is. There is nothing more to say..