"Architecture is invention."

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Source : "Celebrating Niemeyer, Brazil's Modernist Master". "All Things Considered", www.npr.org. November 12, 2010.

Oscar Niemeyer

#Architecture Quotes #Invention Quotes

“I know something you don't....and that is.... I'M NOT WEARING ANY UNDERWEAR! We're gonna get sexy for a minute!”
“There's S-VOD, which is 3 1/2 months after the theatrical release. The windows are going to get closer and closer, and the sooner they collapse in my mind the better it'll be for everybody. It's coming, but change is hard. It will be more profitable for everybody, including exhibitors.”

Source : Source: deadline.com
“My parents know I was outgoing as a child, and whenever people came over I'd automatically do impressions of them as soon as they left; it was my mom's favorite thing.”
“We had a few calls saying election precincts had closed early. But it turned out that the callers were in the wrong places. Some people went to the old locations of a church, rather than the new one. We called the polling locations as well as the church pastor and they verified they were still open.”
“Some wounds cut us so deep that they stop us. Stop us from letting go, from growing up, from seeing the truth.”
“In life sciences, we find a reasonable balance between men and women. In engineering and computer science, we have a major problem. A very small percentage of women will be in computer science.”
“I used to carry my dad's empty guitar case around the neighborhood because I wanted people to think I played the guitar. I would put flintstones vitamins in it in case I got tired, so I could pop some and keep walking.”
“Like the sun, we are attracted to people who shine with warmth and brightness.”

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