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 master of all sins.
The architect must be a master of all temptations.
The architect must be a master of all passions.
The architect must be a master of all emotions.
The architect must be a master of all feelings.
The architect must be a master of all thoughts.
The architect must be a master of all ideas.
The architect must be a master of all dreams.
The architect must be a master of all visions.
The architect must be a master of all prophecies.
The architect must be a master of all revelations.
The architect must be a master of all mysteries.
The architect must be a master of all secrets.
The architect must be a master of all wonders.
Originality is returning to the origin.
Color in certain places has the great value of making the outlines and structural planes seem more energetic.
Architecture is the first plastic art; sculpture and painting follow. The superior quality of the first art is achieved by the others.
To do things right, first you need love, then technique.
The creation continues incessantly through the media of man. But man does not create... he discovers.
Man does not create... he discovers. The great book is always open before our eyes: it is nature.
Contemporaries of Antoni Gaudí
Other Architectures born within 50 years of Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926).