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)

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

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