His Method

La actitud genial de Gaudí como artista revolucionario reside en su método, sumamente original. No en vano se le ha comparado con su contemporáneo Van Gogh por la expresión genial del color, con Leonardo da Vinci por la contínua invención, con J. S. Bach por la perfección técnica y simbólica. Comprometido con su tiempo, Gaudí fue el inventor de formas constructivas, maestro del símbolo y de la racionalidad científica, observador amante de la Naturaleza, ecológico y reciclador, religioso y de conciencia social obrera.

Gaudí era un científico de la arquitectura. Por eso su actitud y su método de trabajo son implacables, rigurosos, honestos y atrevidos. Que aquello no lo hubiera hecho nunca nadie no era impedimento para que se pusiera a trabajar. Es evidente que un artista que identifica Arte con Belleza y Belleza con Vida, como resplandor de la Verdad, se impone un listón de máxima autoexigencia. Por ello, no es nada extraño que Le Corbusier lo admirase, Miró lo homenajease y Dalí lo recuperase para la Historia del Arte.The key to Gaudi’s status as a revolutionary artist lies in him original methodology; there are reasons to why he has been compared to Van Gogh for his way of expressing color, to Leonardo da Vinci for the continuous inventions, and to J. S. Bach for his relentless attention to detail. Gaudi was the inventor of new architectural forms, a master of symbolism and scientific reason, a loving observer of Nature, and religious man who was very aware of the needs of the working class.

Gaudi was a scientist of architecture. For that reason, his work attitude and methodology are strict, honest, daring, and impeccable. As far as he was concerned, even if no one had done something before, that did not mean he couldn’t do it. Evidently, an artist who identified Art with Beauty and Beauty with Life will impose unto himself the strictest ethics. For that reason it isn’t strange that Le Corbusier, Miro, and Dali admired him.