"It is not with architecture that one can disseminate any political ideology."

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Oscar Niemeyer

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“If someone has a boy who gets to age 18 without something [a bone] being fractured, that kid has been overly controlled.”
“In the finished article, the only thing that is important is whether it moves you or not. There is nothing else that is important at all.”

Source : "Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii". Documentary, Music, 1972.
“Let no man write my epitaph. When my country takes her place among the nations of the earth, then, and not till then, let my epitaph be written.”

Source : Speech at trial after being sentenced to death, 19 Sept. 1803
“For me, I never knew what addiction was. I just knew my heroes, like [New York Dolls guitarist] Johnny Thunders, did heroin. I didn't have a father, it looked good to me. If I had read Johnny Thunders' book The Heroin Diaries, I don't think I would have done heroin.”
“I don't dig parties. I rather sit at home with my friends and a good movie.”
“The story of the universe finally comes to an end. For the first time in its life, the universe will be permanent and unchanging. Entropy finally stops increasing because the cosmos cannot get any more disordered. Nothing happens, and it keeps not happening, forever. It's what's known as the heat-death of the universe. An era when the cosmos will remain vast and cold and desolate for the rest of time the arrow of time has simply ceased to exist. It's an inescapable fact of the universe written into the fundamental laws of physics, the entire cosmos will die.”
“I am compassionate. I allow my heart and imagination to embrace the difficulties and concerns of others. While maintaining my own balance, I find it within myself to extend sympathy, attention, and support. When they are grieved, I listen with openness and gentle strength. I offer loyalty, friendship, and human understanding. Without undermining or enabling, I aid and assist others to find their strength. I allow the healing power of the Universe to flow through me, soothing the hearts and feelings of those I encounter.”
“Whosoever formeth an intimacy with the enemies of his friends, does so to injure the latter. O wise man! wash your hands of that friend who associates with your enemies.”

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