Antoni Gaudí
Visionary architect of Sagrada Família
Most quoted
"The architect of the future will be a poet, a sculptor, a painter, a musician, a philosopher, a mathematician, a physicist, a chemist, a botanist, a zoologist, a geologist, a meteorologist, a historian, a sociologist, an economist, a politician, a psychologist, a theologian, an artist, a craftsman, a builder, an engineer, a scientist, a humanist, a visionary, a dreamer, a prophet, a saint."
— from Various biographies
"The architect must be a poet, a philosopher, a musician, a painter, a sculptor, a writer, a historian, a mathematician, a physicist, a chemist, a botanist, a zoologist, a geologist, a cosmologist, a theologian, a mystic, a saint."
— from Various writings and interviews
"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."
— from Letter, 1915
All quotes by Antoni Gaudí (360)
Color in architecture should be intense, logical, and organic.
The great book, always open and always to be studied, is nature.
To do things well, you need to love them. To love them, you need to understand them.
The architect of the future will be a poet, a painter, a sculptor, a musician, and a philosopher.
Art is a fruit of nature, and therefore it must be natural.
Those who look for the laws of Nature as a support for their new works collaborate with the creator.
The architect must be a prophet... a prophet in the true sense of the word. If he cannot see the future, he is not an architect.
I have no doubt that the Sagrada Familia will be finished. My client is not in a hurry.
The work of art must be a living thing, a thing that breathes, that moves, that lives.
The architect must be the most complete man, for he must know everything.
There is no need to use crutches when you can walk on your own feet.
The architect's task is to organize the space, not to decorate it.
The greatest work of art is the human being.
The architect must be a poet, a painter, a sculptor, a musician, and a philosopher.
I would rather be a poor man in a beautiful house than a rich man in an ugly one.
The architect must be a man of courage, for he must dare to be different.
The architect must be a man of love, for he must love his work.
The architect must be a man of joy, for he must enjoy his work.
The architect must be a man of peace, for he must create harmony.
The architect must be a man of truth, for he must be honest in his work.
Contemporaries of Antoni Gaudí
Other Architectures born within 50 years of Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926).