Santiago Calatrava : (5)

" Think about what happens when architecture becomes ruins. All you have left are some little columns on a cliff, but it’s still such an overwhelming experience that you could say architecture is that which makes ruins beautiful. " - Santiago Calatrava

" 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

" My ambition is to give Oakland’s cathedral a universal character independent of the Catholic Church. " - Santiago Calatrava

" My goal is always to create something exceptional that enhances cities and enriches the lives of the people who live and work in them. " - Santiago Calatrava

" For the first project I did in North America, I was asked as an artist, not as an architect, to collaborate on a big development in the heart of Toronto. I was working with other artists and was in charge of giving form to a street, and I proposed a galleria. " - Santiago Calatrava