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Quotes from The Curves of Time: The Memoirs of Oscar Niemeyer — Oscar Niemeyer

1907–2012 Brazil

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Here, then, is what I wanted to tell you of my architecture. I created it with courage and idealism, but also with an awareness of the fact that what is important is life, friends and attempting to make this unjust world a better place in which to live.

The Curves of Time: The Memoirs of Oscar Niemeyer (2000)

I was attracted by the curve — the liberated, sensual curve suggested by the possibilities of new technology yet so often recalled in venerable old baroque churches.

The Curves of Time: The Memoirs of Oscar Niemeyer (2000)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Oscar Niemeyer (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.