"It was the drawing that led me to architecture, the search for light and astonishing forms."

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Source : "Oscar Niemeyer Talks About Brasilia, Communism, Regrets". Interview with Michael Luongo, www.bloomberg.com. December 7, 2012.

Oscar Niemeyer

#Drawing Quotes #Light Quotes #Architecture Quotes

“We're like so many puppets hung on the wall, waiting for someone to come and move us or make us talk.”

Source : Luigi Pirandello (2016). “Henry IV”, p.9, Luigi Pirandello
“No girl should ever forget that she doesn't need anyone who doesn't need her.”
“The one who forgives never brings up the past to that person's face. When you forgive, it's like it never happened. True forgiveness is complete and total.”
“Wise to resolve, and patient to perform.”
“Nothing is as depressing as absolute logic. Look at the maze of French politics perpetrated by a logical people.”
“Ain't fit for man nor beast”
“I am the owner of my actions, heir to my actions, born of my actions, related through my actions, and have my actions as my arbitrator. Whatever I do, for good or for evil, to that I will fall heir.”
“Oprah's got good politics, she's got a good heart, and she'll have us all up Jazzercising at six in the morning. This cannot be a bad thing, and reading a book while we're Jazzercising. So America would be better off if Oprah were president.”

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