Quotes by Architects

Bridges with cables very easily resemble stringed instruments. Santiago Calatrava
Easily Instruments Very Resemble Bridges
Rio de Janeiro has captured my imagination. Santiago Calatrava
Imagination Rio Captured
My ambition is to give Oakland's cathedral a universal character independent of the Catholic Church. Santiago Calatrava
Character Church Ambition Independent Oakland Give Cathedral Catholic Catholic Church Universal
Like Grand Central Station, which is a marvelous building, the design and engineering of the Oculus will endure for many generations to come. Santiago Calatrava
Will Building Engineering Design Station Marvelous Generations Come Like Endure Grand Which Central Many
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. Santiago Calatrava
Attitude Nature Man Will Profit Our Saw Bit 21st Century Something Towards Different Centuries Century Use
My closest partner and the person I have been working with for 35 years has been my wife. She not only supported me and helped me but also framed my life. Santiago Calatrava
Life Me Wife My Life Partner Framed Has-Been Only Supported Also She Been Years Person Closest Working Helped
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. Santiago Calatrava
Time You Own Kind Indifferent New Always Go York Move New York Wherever Place Confronted Your Lets
The Taj Mahal is a monument to love in all cultures. Santiago Calatrava
Love Monument Cultures To Love
Airports need an identity, a main hall that defines the dignity of the space and allows people to move fluidly throughout its ancillary parts. Santiago Calatrava
Dignity People Space Defines Airport Throughout Main Identity Hall Parts Move Need
A new building should deliver a feeling of hope. Santiago Calatrava
Hope Feeling Building Deliver New Should
In my opinion, as an engineer, a bridge is the most difficult thing you can do. You are not working in the direction of gravity but against it - so the problem opposes the solution. Santiago Calatrava
You Problem Engineer Difficult Solution Direction Most Most Difficult Thing Opinion In My Opinion Against Working Bridge Thing Gravity Difficult Thing
Because of the nature of the profession of architecture, the art of architecture nourishes itself from other disciplines. Santiago Calatrava
Art Nature Architecture Other Because Disciplines Itself Nourishes Profession
The two most important functional aspects to be fulfilled in a transportation facility are ease of wayfinding and easy orientation. Santiago Calatrava
Important Ease Easy Facility Most Fulfilled Aspects Transportation Orientation Functional Two
A railway station is something that can generate a city. Santiago Calatrava
Station City Something Generate Railway
I like the word monument, because the word monument is a Latin word. Santiago Calatrava
Word Latin Monument Like Because
Something that has been every important to me in all my projects has been location, the place where they are installed. Santiago Calatrava
Me Important Every Projects Location Has-Been Something Been Where Place
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. Santiago Calatrava
Me Experience Remember Kind I Remember Brooklyn Religious Religious Experience Seeing Over Towers Coming Years Years Ago Manhattan Many Skyline Bridge Twin Night
You have to live with the necessities of other people. Santiago Calatrava
You People Live Other Necessities
Women are the salt of our lives. They give it flavour. Santiago Calatrava
Women Salt Our Our Lives Give Women Are Lives
The Freedom Tower has a cost overrun. A significant cost overrun. Santiago Calatrava
Freedom Significant Cost Tower Overrun
I don't see any difference between architecture and engineering. It's the same profession. Santiago Calatrava
Architecture Engineering See Between Same Any Difference Profession
The reality is that throughout my career I've tackled projects in Spain that I'm proud of. Santiago Calatrava
Reality Projects Tackled Throughout Proud Spain Career
The first significant work I did was a railway station in Zurich called Stadelhofen. Santiago Calatrava
Work First Station Significant Did Railway
I've never been interested in pure movement or pure stability, but in the unstable. Santiago Calatrava
Pure Never Unstable Been Stability Movement Interested
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