"For me beauty is valued more than anything - the beauty that is manifest in a curved line or in an act of creativity."

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This quotation examines the core nature of Action as articulated by Oscar Niemeyer. Within historical and literary traditions, reflections on Action provide actionable mental models, challenging individuals to evaluate personal ethics, self-discipline, and daily actions.

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About Oscar Niemeyer

Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho, known as Oscar Niemeyer, was a Brazilian architect considered to be one of the key figures in the development of modern architecture. Niemeyer was best known for his design of civic buildings for Brasília, a planned city that became Brazil's capital in 1960, as well as his collaboration with other architects on the headquarters of the United Nations in New York. His exploration of the aesthetic possibilities of reinforced concrete was highly influential in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.

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"Humanity needs dreams to be able to survive the miseries of daily existence, even if only for an instant."

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"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."

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"I search for surprise in my architecture. A work of art should cause the emotion of newness."

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"There is no reason to design buildings that are more basic and rectilinear, because with concrete you can cover almost any space."

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"It is a subtle truth that to speak the truth in a season of deceit is an act of supreme bravery — an essential principle for the reflective life."

— Henry David Thoreau
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"At the end of the spectrum when you get to that 12th step, when you have that spiritual awakening we make ourselves available to help other people."

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"Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men."

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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"You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor."

— Aristotle
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