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 faith and reason.
The work of art must be a source of understanding.
The architect must be a man of prayer.
The work of art must be a source of grace.
The architect must be a man of sacrifice.
The work of art must be a source of redemption.
The architect must be a man of charity.
The work of art must be a source of eternal life.
The architect must be a man of God, for God is the supreme architect.
Man's work is to build, God's work is to create.
Nothing is art if it does not come from nature.
The straight line belongs to men, the curved one to God.
My client [God] is not in a hurry.
Color in a picture is like enthusiasm in life.
We are born from the earth, we live on the earth, and we return to the earth. Architecture should reflect this cycle.
Beauty is the splendor of truth.
In nature, nothing is wasted; every form has a purpose. So must our buildings.
The work of art is the daughter of its time, but also a vision of eternity.
I seek the essence of things, not their appearance.
Architecture is the crystallization of the spirit of an age.
Contemporaries of Antoni Gaudí
Other Architectures born within 50 years of Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926).