Antoni Gaudi
Antoni Gaudi
Antoni Gaudí i Cornetwas a Spanish Catalan architect from Reus and the best known practitioner of Catalan Modernism. Gaudí's works reflect an individualized and distinctive style. Most are located in Barcelona, including his magnum opus, the Sagrada Família...
NationalitySpanish
ProfessionArchitect
Date of Birth25 June 1852
CityReus, Spain
CountrySpain
Antoni Gaudi quotes about
belongs god men straight
The straight line belongs to men, the curved one to God.
continues creation media
The creation continues incessantly through the media of man.
regret church generations
There is no reason to regret that I cannot finish the church. I will grow old but others will come after me. What must always be conserved is the spirit of the work, but its life has to depend on the generations it is handed down to and with whom it lives and is incarnated
lines building corners
There are no straight lines or sharp corners in nature. Therefore, buildings must have no straight lines or sharp corners.
book effort great-book
The great book, always open and which we should make an effort to read, is that of Nature.
men doe incessantly
But man does not create...he discovers.
mean simplicity originality
Originality consists of returning to the origin. Thus, originality means returning, through one's resources, to the simplicity of the early solutions.
fear law support
Those who look for the laws of Nature as a support for their new works collaborate with the creator.
men media atheism
The creation continues incessantly through the media of man. But man does not create... he discovers.
book great-book humans
Anything created by human beings is already in the great book of nature.
firsts written
Nothing is invented, for it's written in nature first.
return originality
Originality is a return to the origin.
doe function form
Form does not necessarily follow function
imagination simplicity firsts
Originality implies a return to the origins, original is returning to the simplicity of the first solutions.