Oscar Niemeyer Quotes and its meanings

What does Oscar Niemeyer write about?

Oscar Niemeyer has written on many topics but he is most famous for his work about architecture, beauty, design, dreams & morning. People always share Architecture quotes, Beauty quotes, design, dreams & morning from his literary works.

What are the top most famous quotes by Oscar Niemeyer?

Here are the top most famous quotes by Oscar Niemeyer.

• It was the drawing that led me to architecture, the search for light and astonishing forms.
• I search for surprise in my architecture. A work of art should cause the emotion of newness.
• It is not with architecture that one can disseminate any political ideology.
• Form follows beauty.
• For me beauty is valued more than anything - the beauty that is manifest in a curved line or in an act of creativity.
• My work is not about 'form follows function,' but 'form follows beauty' or, even better, 'form follows feminine.'
• There is no reason to design buildings that are more basic and rectilinear, because with concrete you can cover almost any space.
• Humanity needs dreams to be able to survive the miseries of daily existence, even if only for an instant.
• 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.