Antonio Gaudi Quotes

Nothing is art if it does not come from nature.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

In the Sagrada Familia, everything is providential.

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

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

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.

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

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

Form does not necessarily follow function

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

Originality is a return to the origin.

Everything comes from the great book of nature.

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

Originality is going back to origins.

Copiers do not collaborate.

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