"My architecture followed the old examples - beauty prevailing over the limitations of the constructive logic.



My work proceeded, indifferent to the unavoidable criticism set forth by those who take the trouble to examine the minimum details, so very true of what mediocrity is capable of. It was enough to think of Le Corbusier saying to me once while standing on the ramp of the Congress: 'There is invention here'" - Oscar Niemeyer.