Santiago Calatrava quotes

I am an engineer, not just an architect, so I've always been motivated by technique or technology. As soon as technology moves just a little bit, it changes architecture. (Santiago Calatrava)
The two most important functional aspects to be fulfilled in a transportation facility are ease of wayfinding and easy orientation. View quote
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I have tried to get close to the frontier between architecture and sculpture and to understand architecture as an art. View quote
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New York City has a tradition of great stations. There are cities in the world that don't have that. New York has it. View quote
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The architect needs to learn to see, and to open his eyes because there is always a lesson to learn from the streets. View quote
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The way is not always easy, but in order to bring a work through to completion, you will need a strong character, a broad foundation of knowledge and an enormous force of persuasion. View quote
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Technology is an important element in progress. See, we can always do something better. We can improve water technology, or energy efficiency. There is always progress forward using technology and that's where innovation starts. View quote
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I have always tried to create bridges that are more than a connecting structure - places in their own right. View quote
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What architecture does is what a coat does for our body. It wraps us. View quote
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Though I love the arts with all my heart - paintings, sculpture, theatre, and music - and think they are among the biggest achievements we humans can do, I am really convinced that architecture is among the most important. View quote
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There is so much vulgarity in the everyday, that when somebody has the pretension to do something extraordinary for the community, then you have to suffer. (Santiago Calatrava)
My private work is touched by this destiny of understanding that architecture and engineering have a social character and can serve the community. View quote
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The reality is that throughout my career I've tackled projects in Spain that I'm proud of. View quote
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Many of the architects I admire have given the best of themselves as they mature. I'm hoping to do the same. View quote
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You could say that I had become possessed, in the classical sense, by the art of the great architects of the past. And that led me to engineering. View quote
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The architect works for so many years building it, and the moment you deliver it to the people is the moment when you are unnecessary. View quote
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The world of sculpture precedes by many years the world of architecture. View quote
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The difference between architecture and engineering comes in only with the creation of schools. It's a bureaucratic distinction. The result of both disciplines is the construction of objects in a landscape. View quote
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You must understand the difference between being an architect and a politician. Architecture is a profession of perseverance. You have to come through. The politician is there to blame someone. View quote
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When I found I could not figure something out, I decided to learn about it, until I knew as much as I could. It's my way. View quote
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I've always had a dream about New York. New York is an island... those bridges... the skyline... the dynamism. (Santiago Calatrava)
Working with artistic people is very special, especially when they are so professional. View quote
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I don't see any difference between architecture and engineering. It's the same profession. View quote
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In the 19th and 20th centuries we saw nature as something to use to our profit, but the attitude of man towards nature in the 21st century will be a bit different. View quote
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The idea of spirituality is difficult to discuss. View quote
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