Surprise Is Key In All Art.

I Deliberately Disregarded The Right Angle And Rationalist Architecture Designed With Ruler And Square To Boldly Enter The World Of Curves And Straight Lines Offered By Reinforced Concrete... This Deliberate Protest Arose From The Environment In Which I Lived, With Its White Beaches, Its Huge Mountains, Its Old Baroque Churches, And The Beautiful Suntanned Women.

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.

Architecture Does Not Change Anything. It's Always On The Side Of The Wealthy. The Important Thing Is To Believe That It Can Make Life Better.

I Am A Brazilian Before I Am An Architect. I Cannot Separate The Two.

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 Space. We Are Rather Small Insignificant Creatures, Wouldn’t You Say?