The great book, always open and which we should make an effort to read, is that of Nature. Antonio Gaudi More Quotes by Antonio Gaudi More Quotes From Antonio Gaudi There are no straight lines or sharp corners in nature. Therefore, buildings must have no straight lines or sharp corners. Antonio Gaudi corners building lines 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 generations regret church Tomorrow we will do beautiful things. Antonio Gaudi beautiful-things tomorrow beautiful Artists do not need monuments erected for them because their works are their monuments. Antonio Gaudi monument artist needs The straight line belongs to Man. The curved line belongs to God Antonio Gaudi straight-lines lines men Nothing is art if it does not come from nature. Antonio Gaudi ifs doe art But man does not create...he discovers. Antonio Gaudi incessantly doe men 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 church hands people The creation continues incessantly through the media of man. But man does not create... he discovers. Antonio Gaudi media fear men Color in certain places has the great value of making the outlines and structural planes seem more energetic. Antonio Gaudi planes architecture color Originality consists of returning to the origin. Thus, originality means returning, through one's resources, to the simplicity of the early solutions. Antonio Gaudi originality simplicity mean In the Sagrada Familia, everything is providential. Antonio Gaudi familia Those who look for the laws of Nature as a support for their new works collaborate with the creator. Antonio Gaudi support law fear Nothing is invented, for it's written in nature first. Antonio Gaudi written firsts Anything created by human beings is already in the great book of nature. Antonio Gaudi great-book humans book Form does not necessarily follow function Antonio Gaudi function form doe Originality is a return to the origin. Antonio Gaudi originality return Everything comes from the great book of nature. Antonio Gaudi great-book book Originality implies a return to the origins, original is returning to the simplicity of the first solutions. Antonio Gaudi simplicity imagination firsts Originality is going back to origins. Antonio Gaudi originality
