When I work on sculpture, I don't have to worry about function. When I work on a piece of architecture, I must… — Santiago Calatrava Copy Share Image
I have tried to get close to the frontier between architecture and sculpture and to understand architecture as an art. — Santiago Calatrava Copy Share Image
There is one way that architecture is superior to sculpture, and that is scale. You can walk into a building and have… — Santiago Calatrava Copy Share Image
The world of sculpture precedes by many years the world of architecture. — Santiago Calatrava Copy Share Image
For me, architecture is an art the same as painting is an art or sculpture is an art. Yet, architecture moves a… — Santiago Calatrava Copy Share Image
The bones of my architecture are very much related to the structure, to the physical fact of how a building can stand up; it's… — Santiago Calatrava Copy Share
The architect is very interesting because the architect is the commander, meaning the one who commands all the workers. The architect is also the… — Santiago Calatrava Copy Share
I remember, many years ago, coming over the Brooklyn Bridge in the night and seeing the skyline of Manhattan, with the Twin Towers. This… — Santiago Calatrava Copy Share
I've never been interested in pure movement or pure stability, but in the unstable. — Santiago Calatrava Copy Share
The concept of an "architect" is one of the oldest professions in the world. Whereas, some professions, such as a "lawyer", have their roots… — Santiago Calatrava Copy Share
There is a change in the view about how condominiums are designed. People used to make prototype apartments and reproduce these boxes hundreds and… — Santiago Calatrava Copy Share
Bridges represent archetypal problems. They are artifacts that bring you across or around an obstacle. So they have an unbelievable force. — Santiago Calatrava Copy Share
There was a wish to get something exceptional, ... I also wanted to deliver something technically unique. — Santiago Calatrava Copy Share
I always considered the role of teaching to be very noble and relevant. — Santiago Calatrava Copy Share
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… — Santiago Calatrava Copy Share
Many of the architects I admire have given the best of themselves as they mature. I'm hoping to do the same. — Santiago Calatrava Copy Share
I love the construction process and it is always important because we try to experiment and do something new, so the builders are not… — Santiago Calatrava Copy Share
You start a project as a young person and then at the end you are another person. You are ready to go for your… — Santiago Calatrava Copy Share
Being an architect is like playing piano, you learn to play to admire how well the other guys play piano. — Santiago Calatrava Copy Share
