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ANTONI GAUDI ~ ON CREATION

19 June 2011

The creation continues incessantly through the media of man.

But man does not create…he discovers. Those who look for the laws of Nature as a support for their new works collaborate with the creator.

Copiers do not collaborate. Because of this, originality consists in returning to the origin.

Antoni Gaudi

Antoni Gaudí i Cornet 25 June 1852 – Barcelona , 10 June 1926) was a Spanish Catalanarchitect and the best-known representative of Catalan Modernism. Gaudí’s works are marked by a highly individual style and the vast majority of them are situated in the Catalan capital of Barcelona, including his magnum opus, the Sagrada Familia.

Photo Stefan Cruysberghs

Sagrada Familia Barcelona

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