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About Antoni Gaudi

Antoni Gaudi was a 19th-century Spanish architect. Antoni Gaudí i Cornet was a Spanish architect and designer from Catalonia, widely known as the greatest exponent of Catalan Modernisme. Gaudí's works have a sui generis style, with most located in Barcelona, including his main work, the Sagrada Família church. Read more on Wikipedia →

Themes

  • Nature — Appreciation for the natural world and our place within it

More quotes by Antoni Gaudí

“There are no straight lines or sharp corners in nature. Therefore, buildings must have no straight lines or sharp corners.”
— Antoni Gaudi
Buildings Lines Straight

“Nothing is art if it does not come from nature.”
— Antoni Gaudi
Art Nothing Come

“Anything created by human beings is already in the great book of nature.”
— Antoni Gaudi
Great Book Human

“Color in certain places has the great value of making the outlines and structural planes seem more energetic.”
— Antoni Gaudi
Great Value Color

“Those who look for the laws of Nature as a support for their new works collaborate with the creator.”
— Antoni Gaudi
Nature Support Look

“The straight line belongs to men, the curved one to God.”
— Antoni Gaudi
Men Straight Line Straight
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