Oscar Niemeyer Quotes

I love architecture.

I like to play with architecture! It's my favorite game.

Architecture is a visual art, and the buildings speak for themselves.

Architecture is art, nothing else.

I always look forward to the next project. That is one of the wonderful things about architecture - you always can hope for another project to design.

Architecture remains a passion and a subject I'm very interested in. I learned a great deal from studying it and working in it.

Architecture is by definition a very collaborative process.

Building design isn't trendy.

The future of architecture is culture.

I have a strong sense that every project is an invention, which is not a word I hear being used in architecture courses.

What I try to do is the art of building, and the art of building is the art of construction; it is not only about forms and shapes and images.

I am immersed in architecture all day, working in my office or teaching.

I don't know why I've always been so captivated by architecture.

Architecture students are generally given theoretical projects, often located at distant locations, and told to come up with a design.

At a certain point, I just put the building and the art impulse together. I decided that building was a legitimate way to make sculpture.

I've always had an interest in design, and I have always loved creating things.

I like building and making things. I, perhaps, would like to try my hand at directing one day. Sometimes I fancy myself as an architect - but I think I might need to go back to school for that.

I think about architecture all the time. That's the problem. But I've always been like that. I dream it sometimes.

I was always really geeky about design and buildings. Always into architecture as a kid.

I am involved in the architecture of space.

Ultimately, the artistic part of architecture has always interested me.

We are often celebrating technology and codes, but we don't really think about the creative side.

Ninety percent of the buildings we live in and around aren't architecture. No, that's not right - 98 percent.

I think architecture has to be a gift.