I am an engineer, not just an architect, so I've always been motivated by technique or technology. As soon as technology moves just a little bit, it changes architecture.

A bridge is born of necessity, but it must establish its own identity. It should harmonize with its surroundings, and the design must transcend the purely local and transform the setting.

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

Santiago Calatrava Quotes