When I was very little my mother said I used to draw in the air with my fingers. I needed a pencil. Once I could hold one, I have drawn every day since.

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

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.

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.

Because we can't just blow up enough things that this becomes a good situation.

You don't have to be afraid of change. You don't have to worry about what's being taken away. Just look to see what's been added.

When somebody tells you nothing is impossible ask him to dribble a football.

Everywhere in the world there are tensions - economic, political, religious. So we need chocolate.

Son of Lady Chatterley's Lover had obvious commercial advantages (as a title for this book), but it impugned the marital status of my parents, something that enough critics were already doing.

Learning implies a mind that doesn't know.

Compassion is the litmus test.

Everyone drinks..........Well, unless they don't.

I play guitar and I love the Beatles and melodic music.