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)
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
The work must be a reflection of the soul.
The true artist is one who is guided by God.
The Sagrada Familia is a work of love.
The most important thing is to be true to oneself.
The architect must be a philosopher.
The beauty of nature is a reflection of God's beauty.
The Sagrada Familia is a symbol of hope.
To create is to live.
The greatest challenge is to create something new.
The Sagrada Familia will be a monument to the glory of God.
The architect must be a poet of forms.
The Sagrada Familia is a spiritual journey.
The great book, always open and always to be studied, is that of nature.
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.
To do things well, you need to love them. That is the secret.
Art is the highest expression of the human spirit.
I am a Catalan, and I am proud of it.
The Sagrada Familia is not a church, it is a cathedral.
The Gothic is not perfect, it is only a beginning.
Contemporaries of Antoni Gaudí
Other Architectures born within 50 years of Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926).