Always Quote by Santiago Calatrava Download Open image “A first building is like a first novel, it is always autobiographical.” — Santiago Calatrava ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Always Books Building Engineering First Like Novel
A novel is a piece of architecture. It's not random wallowings or confessional diaries. It's a building-it has to have walls and floors and… — John Irving Copy Share Image
A building has at least two lives - the one imagined by its maker and the life it lives afterward - and they are… — Rem Koolhaas Copy Share Image
A bold architectural statement turns a public building into a landmark, but it is in the details where the architect becomes the real storyteller. — Curtis W. Fentress Copy Share Image
First life, then spaces, then buildings - the other way around never works. — Jan Gehl Copy Share Image
I have a very strong sense of architecture in my novels. But at first it's sometimes like building a doorknob before you have a… — Nicole Krauss Copy Share Image
Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together. There it begins. — Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Copy Share Image
Buildings are storytellers. They teach us about our history, good and bad. They tell stories about people. — George Clarke Copy Share Image
Whatever comes to us in life we create first in our mentality. As the building is a reality in all its details in the… — Orison Swett Marden Copy Share Image
When I start, my first idea for a building is with the material. I believe architecture is about that. It's not about paper, it's… — Peter Zumthor Copy Share Image
A building is not something you finish. A building is something you start. — Stewart Brand Copy Share Image
And a building must be like a human being. It must have a wholeness about it, something that is very important. — Minoru Yamasaki 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
I've never been interested in pure movement or pure stability, but in the unstable. — Santiago Calatrava Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
There was a wish to get something exceptional, ... I also wanted to deliver something technically unique. — Santiago Calatrava Copy Share Image
I always considered the role of teaching to be very noble and relevant. — Santiago Calatrava Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
I always thought if I was born 2000 years earlier, I would be a monk, probably carving a monastery or some giant pantheon buildings. — Jenova Chen Copy Share Image
It's always great to see old friends, especially those I have not been able to see in 15 months. — William Regal Copy Share Image
When you step out and do a song in a musical, the easier thing to do is make it funny. But when those transitions… — Kelli O'Hara Copy Share Image
I have really good lateral movement. I've always had quick lateral movement. — Austin Rivers Copy Share Image
There is something magical about being able to feel somebody. And that is something that has always moved me with music. — Maria Brink Copy Share Image
Mythology is something that always has opportunities to explore. 'It' has been on Earth for millions of years. He's been in contact with humans… — Andy Muschietti Copy Share Image
It's not writing in the traditional sense, but I've always said that the writing process continues on the set and even into the editing… — Robert B. Weide Copy Share Image
I always watch my matches back 100 times afterwards because that's how I improve. This is something I've always done, even in NXT. — Mandy Rose Copy Share Image
I've always been of the idea that is doesn't really matter where you are geographically - with 'Lonerism,' we made half the album in… — Kevin Parker Copy Share Image
It's very easy to fool yourself that you're working, you know, when you're really not working very hard. I mean, I'm very lazy. So… — Robert Caro Copy Share Image
