I Am A Brazilian Before I Am

We Hated Bauhaus. It Was A Bad Time In Architecture. They Just Didn’t Have Any Talent. All They Had Were Rules. Even For Knives And Forks They Created Rules. Picasso Would Never Have Accepted Rules. The House Is Like A Machine? No! The Mechanical Is Ugly. The Rule Is The Worst Thing. You Just Want To Break It.

The Challenge Of A Cathedral Is Very Good For Architectural Inventiveness.

Sometimes I Lose A Whole Morning Waiting On Journalists And Other People Who Look For Me. But I Always Find Some Time For Reading, Talking To My Friends And Feeling What Is Happening In This World.

For Me Beauty Is Valued More Than Anything - The Beauty That Is Manifest In A Curved Line Or In An Act Of Creativity.

I Enter My Studio At 9 A.m. I Have Lunch Here, I Return Right Away To My Work And I Go Out To Dinner At 8 P.m. My Daily Tasks Vary Very Much.