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)
God is the artist; I am but the brush.
Forms must be organic, like the trees and flowers that inspire them.
Life is a curve, full of mysteries and wonders.
To design is to reveal the soul of a place.
In the midst of winter, I found there was in me an invincible summer.
The great book of nature is always open before us.
Architecture should speak the language of light and shadow.
Patience is the key to creation.
Every detail in a building must serve the whole.
The true work of art is born from the harmony of contradictions.
I don't invent; I discover.
Nature is the source of all true knowledge.
Buildings should grow like living organisms.
The soul of architecture is in its details.
To create, one must first observe.
Light is the lifeblood of form.
In design, simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
The cathedral is a forest of symbols.
Art is the expression of the invisible.
My work is a prayer in stone.
Contemporaries of Antoni Gaudí
Other Architectures born within 50 years of Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926).