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)
Curves are the essence of beauty.
The architect must be a poet.
Eternity is in the details.
Nature does nothing without purpose.
To build is to dream in reality.
Harmony is the goal of all creation.
The line is the child of movement.
Inspiration comes from the divine.
Architecture is frozen music.
Observe the ant, and learn diligence.
The form follows the function, but elevated by spirit.
Life's beauty lies in its asymmetry.
Create with joy, and joy will follow.
The masterwork is never finished.
Truth in design is eternal.
Buildings breathe; they must be alive.
The artist's hand is guided by heaven.
In the curve, find freedom.
Nature's geometry is divine mathematics.
To innovate is to imitate nature.
Contemporaries of Antoni Gaudí
Other Architectures born within 50 years of Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926).