Oscar Niemeyer citáty

Oscar Niemeyer celým menom Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soaresfilho bol brazílsky architekt považovaný za jedného z velikánov architektúry 20. storočia.

Preslávil sa tým, že vytváral poéziu z betónu. So svojím učiteľom Le Corbusierom patrí k osobitým zakladateľom modernej architektúry. Narodil sa v Rio de Janeiru a nikdy neprestal milovať vzrušujúcu atmosféru mesta – jeho hory, pláže a ľudí. Napriek tomu, že vo svojej tvorbe bol zástancom funkčnosti a úžitkovosti jeho stavby neoplývali ani zďaleka takou monotónnosťou a chladom ako ostatné, ba práve naopak, jeho budovy sa vyznačovali dynamickými tvarmi, zmyselnými krivkami a dokonalou kompozíciou. Jeho architektúra bola oslavou života a voľnej prírody, pokusom skĺbiť krásu prírody s možnosťami moderného dizajnu, technológií a materiálov. Celú jeho tvorbu charakterizujú dva typické znaky: ľahkosť a asymetria. Wikipedia  

✵ 15. december 1907 – 5. december 2012
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“I had some good opportunities. I was lucky to have had the chance to do things differently. Architecture is about surprise.”

Quoted in "Architect of Optimism," Angel Gurria-Quintana, Financial Times (2007-04-13).

“I have always accepted and respected all other schools of architecture, from the chill and elemental structures of Mies van der Rohe to the imagination and delirium of Gaudi. I must design what pleases me in a way that is naturally linked to my roots and the country of my origin.”

Quoted in "Gordon Bunshaft and Oscar Niemeyer: Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureates 1988" http://www.pritzkerprize.com/bunnei.htm#...about%20Oscar%20Niemeyer, pritzkerprize.com (1988).

“It is not the right angle that attracts me, nor the straight line, hard and inflexible, created by man. What attracts me is the free and sensual curve — the curve that I find in the mountains of my country, in the sinuous course of its rivers, in the body of the beloved woman.”

As quoted in Plans, Sections and Elevations : Key Buildings of the Twentieth Century (2004) by Richard Weston
Variant translations:
It is not the right angle that attracts me,
Nor the hard, inflexible straight line, man-made.
What attracts me are free and sensual curves.
The curves in my country’s mountains,
In the sinuous flow of its rivers,
In the beloved woman’s body.
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)
It is not the right angle that attracts me.
nor the straight line, tough, inflexible,
created by man.
what attracts me is the free, sensual curve.
the curve I find in the mountains of my country,
in the sinuous course of its rivers,
in the waves of the sea,
in the clouds of the sky,
in the body of the favourite woman.
Of curves is made all the universe.
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

“Life is very fleeting. It’s important to be gentle and optimistic. We look behind and think what we’ve done in this life has been good. It was simple; it was modest. Everyone creates their own story and moves on. That’s it. I don’t feel particularly important. What we create is not important. We’re very insignificant.”

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).

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

Zdroj: Quoted in Tracy Metz, "'Form Follows Feminine': Niemeyer, 90, Is Still Going Strong," Architectural Record (December 1997), p. 35.

“Humanity needs dreams to endure misery, even if just for an instant.”

Originál: (pt) Quoted in Ciro Faro, De volta para a terra
Originál: 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.”

Originál: (pt) É estranho o poder da beleza, que nos faz esquecer tanta injustiça.
Zdroj: Quoted in Alberto Xavier, Depoimento de uma geração: arquitetura moderna brasileira