Antonio Gaudi Quotes

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• Originality implies a return to the origins, original is returning to the simplicity of the first solutions.
• The creation continues incessantly through the media of man. But man does not create... he discovers.
• But man does not create...he discovers.
• Anything created by human beings is already in the great book of nature.
• Nothing is invented, for it's written in nature first.
• Everything comes from the great book of nature.
• Originality consists of returning to the origin. Thus, originality means returning, through one's resources, to the simplicity of the early solutions.
• Artists do not need monuments erected for them because their works are their monuments.
• 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…
• 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…
• Originality is a return to the origin.
• Nothing is art if it does not come from nature.
• There are no straight lines or sharp corners in nature. Therefore, buildings must have no straight lines or sharp corners.
• The great book, always open and which we should make an effort to read, is that of Nature.
• In the Sagrada Familia, everything is providential.
• Those who look for the laws of Nature as a support for their new works collaborate with the creator.
• Because of this, originality consists in returning to the origin.
• Color in certain places has the great value of making the outlines and structural planes seem more energetic.
• Copiers do not collaborate.
• Knowing exactly whether a thing should be higher or lower, flatter or more curved, this is nothing more than a quality of clearsightedness, and I…

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