“What I do is the opposite of building walls. I build bridges. A bridge...” — Santiago Calatrava Quote

“What I do is the opposite of building walls. I build bridges. A bridge is something that connects instead of separating.”

“I have always tried to create bridges that are more than a connecting structure - places in their own right.”

“Though I love the arts with all my heart - paintings, sculpture, theatre, and music - and think they are among the biggest achievements we humans can do, I am really convinced that architecture is among the most important.”

“Just after writing those we were called up to defend a new position on the left, where the terrible storming of the bridge over the Antietam took place.”

“Rio was a period of my life, and then, poof, I'm gone. I was very young living here, just kind of floating. New York was a foundation for everything I do today. Rio was the bridge.”

“Well I actually came to shoot 'Stranger Things' straight from filming a movie called 'Bridge of Spies,' which is directed by Stephen Spielberg, so I was recommended to watch a bunch of his movies, like 'E.T' and stuff.”