The architect's role is to fight for a better world, where he can produce an architecture that serves everyone and not just a group of privileged people.

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

Today, architecture is invention. It isn't enough to just be rational - It must also be beautiful.

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.

The rule is the worst thing. You just want to break it.

Curves are the essence of my work because they are the essence of Brazil, pure and simple.

When you have a large space to conquer, the curve is the natural solution.

My architecture is easy to understand. And enjoy. I hope it also is hard to forget.

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

Life is more important than architecture.

We need to feel that life is important; we need that fantasy so we can live a little better.

The quality of our lives lives, depends on the quality of our thoughts.

If you have some idea you believe in, don't listen to the croaking chorus. Listen only to what your own inner voice tells you.

Being a celebrity can be dangerous. Nobody says 'no.'

If venereal delight and the power of propagating the species were permitted only to the virtuous, it would make the world very good.

Point at solutions instead of at each other.

It's hard to believe that in the greatest democracy in the world, we need legislation to prevent the government from writing and paying for the news.

If there's somebody that I love that's in my life, I don't necessarily have to agree with their decisions or the decisions they've made to continue to love them and participate in important events.

The rednecks. Well, you're not going to get there with climate change and [Vladimir] Putin and all the rest of it.

Although working with Amitabh Bacchan was a different experience altogether, I just enjoyed it.

A lot of people are wanting him [Barack Obama] to be the president just because he's black. But I think he does have some good views.