Santiago Calatrava quotes - page 3

Women are the salt of our lives. They give it flavour. (Santiago Calatrava)
I've never been interested in pure movement or pure stability, but in the unstable. View quote
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New York is not a place that lets you be indifferent. New York is this kind of place that, wherever you go, wherever you move, you are always confronted by your own time. View quote
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The Taj Mahal is a monument to love in all cultures. View quote
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For people of the younger generation, the 21st century has started for them with a positive sign that Valencia is and will continue to be a very modern city. View quote
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When I work on sculpture, I don't have to worry about function. When I work on a piece of architecture, I must think about function all the time. View quote
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Airports need an identity, a main hall that defines the dignity of the space and allows people to move fluidly throughout its ancillary parts. View quote
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I always considered the role of teaching to be very noble and relevant. View quote
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You need to know a lot to become master of your profession. View quote
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New York is the city of the 21st century. View quote
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I understand and accept criticisms of my work, provided they are done with professional criteria and arguments. (Santiago Calatrava)
I did not want to do stereotypical buildings. View quote
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My goal is always to create something exceptional that enhances cities and enriches the lives of the people who live and work in them. View quote
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I remember, many years ago, coming over the Brooklyn Bridge in the night and seeing the skyline of Manhattan, with the Twin Towers. This was, for me, a kind of religious experience. View quote
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The architect is not only the director, but he is the composer. And, as a composer, the architect brings a sense of creativity to each building. View quote
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I am always searching for more light and space. View quote
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The most touching thing that anyone can say to me is that I have done something beautiful for the community. View quote
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There was a wish to get something exceptional, ... I also wanted to deliver something technically unique. View quote
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As a building is resistant to forces acting upon it, a person must be equally tenacious in life. View quote
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Technology is a vocabulary and a language in which you can say many things. View quote
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The architect is very interesting because the architect is the commander, meaning the one who commands all the workers. The architect is also the music director and composer. He cannot play each instrument, but he needs to understand and embody the sense of each part. (Santiago Calatrava)
It's very atmospheric. It's not a building that is a severe statement in the skyline. We need the height; otherwise, the building almost disappears because it is so slender. View quote
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Technology is constantly changing and brings you automatically into the present. In that way, it automatically makes you build for this time. View quote
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Later works are better because it takes a lot of time in architecture to mature. And, it takes a lot of discipline to experience everything that is changing around you. View quote
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I think it is important to be present in the places where you are working. It is not only about doing a project, but following the project through its construction. View quote
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Santiago Calatrava

Santiago Calatrava - Image
Photo: Wilson Center, GFDL
Occupation: Spanish Architect
Born: July 28, 1951
Quotes count: 76

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