Antonio Gaudi Quotes | Quotes by Antonio Gaudi

1The creation continues incessantly through the media of man. But man does not create... he discovers.

2There are no straight lines or sharp corners in nature. Therefore, buildings must have no straight lines or sharp corners.

3Originality implies a return to the origins, original is returning to the simplicity of the first solutions.

4Those who look for the laws of Nature as a support for their new works collaborate with the creator.

5The straight line belongs to Man. The curved line belongs to God

6There 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

7Color in certain places has the great value of making the outlines and structural planes seem more energetic.

8Originality is a return to the origin.

9Copiers do not collaborate.

10Form does not necessarily follow function

Antonio Gaudi Quotes

11In the Sagrada Familia, everything is providential.

12Nothing is art if it does not come from nature.

13Artists do not need monuments erected for them because their works are their monuments.

14Anything created by human beings is already in the great book of nature.

15The great book, always open and which we should make an effort to read, is that of Nature.

16Originality consists of returning to the origin. Thus, originality means returning, through one's resources, to the simplicity of the early solutions.

17Tomorrow we will do beautiful things.

18Everything comes from the great book of nature.

19Nothing is invented, for it's written in nature first.

20Originality is going back to origins.

Antonio Gaudi Quotes

21Because of this, originality consists in returning to the origin.

22But man does not create...he discovers.

23The expiatory church of La Sagrada Fam铆lia 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.