Antonio Gaudi Quotes

• Nothing is art if it does not come from nature.

  Antonio Gaudi

  Art, Doe, Ifs

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• The straight line belongs to Man. The curved line belongs to God

  Antonio Gaudi

  Men, Lines, Straight Lines

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• Tomorrow we will do beautiful things.

  Antonio Gaudi

  Beautiful, Tomorrow, Beautiful Things

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• There are no straight lines or sharp corners in nature. Therefore, buildings must have no straight lines or sharp corners.

  Antonio Gaudi

  Lines, Building, Corners

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• There is no reason to regret that I cannot finish the church. I will grow old but others will come after me. What must always be conserved is the spirit of the work, but its life has to depend on the generations it is handed down to and with whom it lives and is incarnated

  Antonio Gaudi

  Regret, Church, Generations

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• Artists do not need monuments erected for them because their works are their monuments.

  Antonio Gaudi

  Artist, Needs, Monument

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• But man does not create...he discovers.

  Antonio Gaudi

  Men, Doe, Incessantly

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• Nothing is invented, for it's written in nature first.

  Antonio Gaudi

  Firsts, Written

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• The great book, always open and which we should make an effort to read, is that of Nature.

  Antonio Gaudi

  Nature, Book, Effort

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• Originality consists of returning to the origin. Thus, originality means returning, through one's resources, to the simplicity of the early solutions.

  Antonio Gaudi

  Mean, Simplicity, Originality

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• In the Sagrada Familia, everything is providential.

  Antonio Gaudi

  Familia

  "Sagrada Familia: Gaudí's cathedral is nearly done, but would he have liked it?" by Rowan Moore, www.theguardian.com. April 23, 2011.

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• Color in certain places has the great value of making the outlines and structural planes seem more energetic.

  Antonio Gaudi

  Color, Architecture, Planes

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• 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.

  Antonio Gaudi

  Hands, People, Church

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• The creation continues incessantly through the media of man. But man does not create... he discovers.

  Antonio Gaudi

  Fear, Men, Media

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• Anything created by human beings is already in the great book of nature.

  Antonio Gaudi

  Book, Great Book, Humans

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• Those who look for the laws of Nature as a support for their new works collaborate with the creator.

  Antonio Gaudi

  Fear, Law, Support

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• Form does not necessarily follow function

  Antonio Gaudi

  Doe, Form, Function

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• Originality is a return to the origin.

  Antonio Gaudi

  Return, Originality

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• Everything comes from the great book of nature.

  Antonio Gaudi

  Book, Great Book

  "Antonio Gaudí". Documentary, www.imdb.com. 1984.

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• Originality implies a return to the origins, original is returning to the simplicity of the first solutions.

  Antonio Gaudi

  Imagination, Simplicity, Firsts

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• Copiers do not collaborate.

  Antonio Gaudi

  Copiers

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• Originality is going back to origins.

  Antonio Gaudi

  Originality

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• Because of this, originality consists in returning to the origin.

  Antonio Gaudi

  Originality

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