
Oscar Niemeyer
Brazilian architect
Oscar Niemeyer Rank
Oscar Niemeyer Rank
Famous quotes by Oscar Niemeyer
Architecture is invention.Oscar Niemeyer
Architecture is my work, and I've spent my whole life at a drawing board, but life is more important than architecture. What matters is to improve human beings.Oscar Niemeyer
Architecture will always express the technical and social progress of the country in which it is carried out. If we wish to give it the human content that it lacks, we must participate in the political struggle.Oscar Niemeyer
For me beauty is valued more than anything - the beauty that is manifest in a curved line or in an act of creativity.Oscar Niemeyer
Form follows beauty.Oscar Niemeyer
Humanity needs dreams to be able to survive the miseries of daily existence, even if only for an instant.Oscar Niemeyer
I search for surprise in my architecture. A work of art should cause the emotion of newness.Oscar Niemeyer
It is not with architecture that one can disseminate any political ideology.Oscar Niemeyer
It was the drawing that led me to architecture, the search for light and astonishing forms.Oscar Niemeyer
My work is not about 'form follows function,' but 'form follows beauty' or, even better, 'form follows feminine.'Oscar Niemeyer
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.Oscar Niemeyer
There is no reason to design buildings that are more basic and rectilinear, because with concrete you can cover almost any space.Oscar Niemeyer
Oscar Niemeyer's Popularity
Oscar Niemeyer was a famous Brazilian architect, who was born on December 15, 1907. As a person born on this date, Oscar Niemeyer is listed in our database as the 22nd most popular celebrity for the day (December 15) and the 11th most popular for the year (1907).
People born on December 15 fall under the Zodiac sign of Sagittarius, the Archer. Oscar Niemeyer is the 963rd most popular Sagittarius.
Aside from information specific to Oscar Niemeyer's birthday, Oscar Niemeyer is the 53rd most famous Brazilian and ranks 8th in famous people born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
In general, Oscar Niemeyer ranks as the 12805th most popular famous person, and the 7th most popular architect of all time. “The Famous Birthdays” catalogs over 25,000 famous people, everyone, from actors to actresses to singers to tiktok stars, from serial killers to chefs to scientists to youtubers and more. If you're curious to see who was born on your birthday, you can use our database to find out who, what, where, when and why. You can search by birthday, birthplace, claim to fame or any other information by typing in the search box, or simply browse our site by selecting the month, the day, the horoscope, or any other clickable option.
Learn about famous persons' keys to fame, discover interesting trivia and find out where they rank on several types of charts. Use it as fun information for a birthday party or a game at another type of celebration. Start a scrapbook of everyone born on your birthday or give a gift of a scrapbook of everyone born on a loved one's birthday. Take a look at the currently trending celebrities, the most popular birthdays for a specific day or jump to a random or recently added celebrity's page if you're not looking for anything specific.