Antoni Gaudí
An architect with the imagination of a daydreaming wizard, he built buildings that looked like they were halfway between reality and a very expensive hallucination. He would treat rooftops like dragon scales and walls like sea waves, while, of course, insisting all the solutions were pretty natural.
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25 June 1852
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Architect, designer
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Spain
#lessons
Good things take time, sometimes a century or two.
#whatif
...Gaudí had become a furniture designer instead of an architect?
Chairs would look like seashells, tables would sprout tree roots, and flat-pack assembly would be considered an advanced art form.🪑
#quotes
"I lack the means to express myself adequately. I would not be able to explain to anyone my artistic concepts."