"Architecture was my way of expressing my ideals: to be simple, to create a world equal to everyone, to look at people…"

"I was attracted by the curve — the liberated, sensual curve suggested by the possibilities of new technology yet so o…"

"It's funny, the power of beauty, to make us forget such injustice. É estranho o poder da beleza, que nos faz esquecer…"

"Humanity needs dreams to endure misery, even if just for an instant.A humanidade precisa de sonhos para suportar a mi…"

"First were the thick stone walls, the arches, then the domes and vaults — of the architect, searching out for wider s…"

"I have always accepted and respected all other schools of architecture, from the chill and elemental structures of Mi…"

"My work is not about "form follows function," but "form follows beauty" or, even better, "form follows feminine.""

"I deliberately disregarded the right angle and rationalist architecture designed with ruler and square to boldly ente…"

"Here, then, is what I wanted to tell you of my architecture. I created it with courage and idealism, but also with an…"

"It is not the right angle that attracts me, nor the straight line, hard and inflexible, created by man. What attracts…"