Quotes by Santiago Calatrava

Santiago Calatrava

Actually, if you look at the works of the great architects of our time, you can see that their most beautiful works are always their later works – Kahn, Corbusier, even Gehry.

Architect

Beautiful

Looks

As a building is resistant to forces acting upon it, a person must be equally tenacious in life.

Acting

Building

Force

For me, architecture is an art the same as painting is an art or sculpture is an art. Yet, architecture moves a step beyond painting and sculpture because it is more than using materials. Architecture responds to functional outputs and environmental factors. Yet, fundamentally, it is important for me to stress the art in architecture to bring harmony.

Art

Moving

Stress

I am always searching for more light and space.

Architecture

Light

Space

I have tried to get close to the frontier between architecture and sculpture and to understand architecture as an art.

Architecture

Art

Sculpture

I love the construction process and it is always important because we try to experiment and do something new, so the builders are not copying any technique from other projects. Everything is innovative and so I need to be there and be attentive to make sure everything is running smoothly.

Important

Running

Trying

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.

Construction

Important

Thinking

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.

Height

Needs

Skylines

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.

Architecture

Discipline

Mature

Technology is a vocabulary and a language in which you can say many things.

Language

Technology

Vocabulary

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Acting

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Architecture

Art

Beautiful

Building

Character

Community

Computer

Construction

Creativity

Directors

Discipline

Ends

Essentials

Exceptional

Eye

Force

Greek

Growing

Height

Important

Innovation

Interesting

Language

Latin

Lessons

Light

Looks

Mature

Moving

Needs

Order

Play

Projects

Quality

Roots

Running

School

Sculpture

Skylines

Space

Stress

Strong

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Thinking

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Trying

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Quotes by Santiago Calatrava

Santiago Calatrava

Actually, if you look at the works of the great architects of our time, you can see that their most beautiful works are always their later works – Kahn, Corbusier, even Gehry.

As a building is resistant to forces acting upon it, a person must be equally tenacious in life.

I am always searching for more light and space.

I have tried to get close to the frontier between architecture and sculpture and to understand architecture as an art.

I love the construction process and it is always important because we try to experiment and do something new, so the builders are not copying any technique from other projects. Everything is innovative and so I need to be there and be attentive to make sure everything is running smoothly.

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.

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.

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.

Technology is a vocabulary and a language in which you can say many things.

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