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)
The architect must be a man of gratitude, for he must appreciate his blessings.
Color is the antechamber of heaven.
To do things well, you need to love them, to be in love with them.
The straight line belongs to man, the curved line to God.
I have always believed that the truth is in nature.
The Sagrada Familia is a temple of light.
Man is the only creature that knows how to laugh and cry.
Everything comes from the great book of nature.
The artist must have the ability to create, but also to destroy.
The work of man must be in harmony with the work of God.
The most beautiful things are those that are born from the heart.
My imagination is a gift from God.
The light that enters the Sagrada Familia is a divine light.
The architect must be a prophet.
The greatest joy is to create.
Nature is the teacher of all things.
The work of art is a prayer.
The Sagrada Familia is a Bible in stone.
God is the architect of the universe.
The human being is a part of nature.
Contemporaries of Antoni Gaudí
Other Architectures born within 50 years of Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926).