SPIEGEL-Interview, 11.März 2002, spiegel.de http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-21662575.html, zitiert in Perlentaucher.de http://www.perlentaucher.de/magazinrundschau/2002-03-11.html
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Oscar Niemeyer Berühmte Zitate
„Die Architektur ist nur ein Vorwand. Wichtig sind das Leben und der Mensch!“
Aus Niemeyers Buch: Wir müssen die Welt verändern, herausgegeben von Alberto Riva, aus dem Italienischen übersetzt von Friederike Hausmann. Zitiert in: Wolf D. Prix – der Himmelsstürmer https://www.ooom.com/digital/wolf-d-prix-der-himmelsstuermer/4/ <br class="br">Original italienisch: "l'architettura non è importante. L'architettura è un pretesto. Importante è la vita, importante è l'uomo!" - Il mondo è ingiusto, di Oscar Niemeyer (Autore) & Alberto Riva (Curatore). Mondadori 2012
SPIEGEL-Interview, 11.März 2002, spiegel.de http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-21662575.html, zitiert in Perlentaucher.de http://www.perlentaucher.de/magazinrundschau/2002-03-11.html
Oscar Niemeyer: Zitate auf Englisch
Quoted in "Architect of Optimism," Angel Gurria-Quintana, Financial Times (2007-04-13).
The Curves of Time: The Memoirs of Oscar Niemeyer (2000), p. 169
Quoted in "Gordon Bunshaft and Oscar Niemeyer: Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureates 1988" http://www.pritzkerprize.com/bunnei.htm#...about%20Oscar%20Niemeyer, pritzkerprize.com (1988).
Quoted in "Architect of Optimism," Angel Gurria-Quintana, Financial Times (2007-04-13).
Acceptance speech, Pritzker Architecture Prize http://www.pritzkerprize.com/bunnei.htm#Oscar%20Niemeyer's%20Acceptance%20Speech (1988).
As quoted in Plans, Sections and Elevations : Key Buildings of the Twentieth Century (2004) by Richard Weston <br class="br">Variant translations:<br>It is not the right angle that attracts me,<br>Nor the hard, inflexible straight line, man-made.<br>What attracts me are free and sensual curves.<br>The curves in my country’s mountains,<br>In the sinuous flow of its rivers,<br>In the beloved woman’s body. <br class="br">As quoted in "Architect of Optimism" http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/db740a7a-e897-11db-b2c3-000b5df10621.html?nclick_check=1, Angel Gurria-Quintana, Financial Times (2007-04-13) <br class="br">It is not the right angle that attracts me.<br>nor the straight line, tough, inflexible,<br>created by man.<br>what attracts me is the free, sensual curve.<br>the curve I find in the mountains of my country,<br>in the sinuous course of its rivers,<br>in the waves of the sea,<br>in the clouds of the sky,<br>in the body of the favourite woman.<br>Of curves is made all the universe. <br class="br">As quoted on a Photo page on the Museum of Contemporary Art over Baia da Guanabara http://app.tabblo.com/studio/stories/view/122423/?nextnav=favs&navuser=1
Quoted in "Why Oscar Niemeyer is king of curves" http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/architecture_and_design/article3035080.ece, Tom Dyckhoff, The Times Online (London, 2007-12-12).
Quoted in "Why Oscar Niemeyer is king of curves," Tom Dyckhoff, The Times Online (London, 2007-12-12).
The Curves of Time: The Memoirs of Oscar Niemeyer (2000), p. 62.
Quoted in "Why Oscar Niemeyer is king of curves", Tom Dyckhoff, The Times Online (London, 2007-12-12).
Quelle: Quoted in Tracy Metz, "'Form Follows Feminine': Niemeyer, 90, Is Still Going Strong," Architectural Record (December 1997), p. 35.
The Curves of Time: The Memoirs of Oscar Niemeyer (2000), p. 176.
“Humanity needs dreams to endure misery, even if just for an instant.”
Original: (pt) Quoted in Ciro Faro, De volta para a terra
Original: A humanidade precisa de sonhos para suportar a miséria, nem que seja por um instante.
“It's funny, the power of beauty, to make us forget such injustice.”
Original: (pt) É estranho o poder da beleza, que nos faz esquecer tanta injustiça.
Quelle: Quoted in Alberto Xavier, Depoimento de uma geração: arquitetura moderna brasileira
