The Artistic Capability Of Reinforced Concrete Is

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 The Architecture Is. That Has Been My Life's Work.

Curves Are The Essence Of My Work Because They Are The Essence Of Brazil, Pure And Simple.

Turning 102 Is Crap, And There Is Nothing To Commemorate.

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 Have Always Accepted And Respected All Other Schools Of Architecture, From The Chill And Elemental Structures Of Mies Van Der Rohe To The Imagination And Delirium Of Gaudi. I Must Design What Pleases Me In A Way That Is Naturally Linked To My Roots And The Country Of My Origin.