Occupation: Architect Birth: June 25, 1852 Death: June 10, 1926
Those who look for the laws of Nature as a support for their new works collaborate with the creator..
Originality implies a return to the origins, original is returning to the simplicity of the first solutions..
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 spi….
Nothing is invented, for it's written in nature first..
In the Sagrada Familia, everything is providential..
Nothing is art if it does not come from nature..
Originality consists of returning to the origin. Thus, originality means returning, through one's resources, to the simplicity of the early solutions..
The straight line belongs to Man. The curved line belongs to God.
The creation continues incessantly through the media of man. But man does not create... he discovers..
Artists do not need monuments erected for them because their works are their monuments..
But man does not create...he discovers..
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 th….
Anything created by human beings is already in the great book of nature..
Tomorrow we will do beautiful things..
Form does not necessarily follow function.
Everything comes from the great book of nature..
The great book, always open and which we should make an effort to read, is that of Nature..
Copiers do not collaborate..
Originality is going back to origins..
Originality is a return to the origin..
Because of this, originality consists in returning to the origin..