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Checkout quotes by Santiago Calatrava on Work

• ‟ Building a bridge, in my opinion, is a symbolic gesture, linked with the needs of people who cross over it, and with the idea of overcoming or surmounting obstacles. A modern bridge can also be a work of art. It helps to shape our daily lives and becomes a vital experience for all the people who use it.

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• ‟ I understand and accept criticisms of my work, provided they are done with professional criteria and arguments.

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• ‟ My goal is always to create something exceptional that enhances cities and enriches the lives of the people who live and work in them.

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• ‟ My private work is touched by this destiny of understanding that architecture and engineering have a social character and can serve the community.

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• ‟ Some have tried to use my work for politics, using inaccurate or out-of-context information that, repeated enough, becomes truth to some even though it is not.

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• ‟ The first significant work I did was a railway station in Zurich called Stadelhofen.

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• ‟ When I was in architecture school, I became curious about the exact mathematics, physics, and construction of the great structures I had been studying. I wanted to know how these amazing things would work: the Pantheon, the dome of Michelangelo, the dome of Brunelleschi. So I decided to study civil engineering.

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• ‟ 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 function all the time.

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