The great book, always open and which we should make an effort to read, is that of Nature.
— Antonio Gaudi
The most impressive Antonio Gaudi quotes that are glad to read
The straight line belongs to Man. The curved line belongs to God
Anything created by human beings is already in the great book of nature.
Originality is a return to the origin.
Everything comes from the great book of nature.
There are no straight lines or sharp corners in nature.
Therefore, buildings must have no straight lines or sharp corners.
Originality implies a return to the origins, original is returning to the simplicity of the first solutions.
Originality is going back to origins.
Tomorrow we will do beautiful things.
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
But man does not create...he discovers.
Form does not necessarily follow function
Artists do not need monuments erected for them because their works are their monuments.
The creation continues incessantly through the media of man.
But man does not create... he discovers.
Nothing is art if it does not come from nature.
Nothing is invented, for it's written in nature first.
The expiatory church of La Sagrada Família is made by the people and is mirrored in them. It is a work that is in the hands of God and the will of the people.
Originality consists of returning to the origin.
Thus, originality means returning, through one's resources, to the simplicity of the early solutions.
