Antoni Gaudi Quotes

Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.

Sometimes a tree tells you more than can be read in books.

You may read any quantity of books, and you may almost as ignorant as you were at starting, if you don't have, at the back of yourminds, the change for words in definite images which can only be acquired through the operation of your observing faculties on the phenomena of nature.

The volume of Nature is the book of knowledge.

Study nature, not books.

The happiness even of the naturalist depends in some measure upon his ignorance, which still leaves him new worlds of this kind to conquer. He may have reached the very Z of knowledge in the books, but he still feels half ignorant until he has confirmed each bright particular with his eyes.

Nature is, after all, the only book that offers important content on every page.

The book of Nature is that which the physician must read; and to do so he must walk over the leaves.

Read nature; nature is a friend to truth.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

He who does not become familiar with nature through love will never know her.

Hard work makes easy reading or, at least, easier reading.

Science is about unravelling nature.

Read a lot, live your life, and listen and watch, so that your mind fills up with millions of images.

Science is a perception of the world around us. Science is a place where what you find in nature pleases you.

Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.

I study nature, and I realize that no matter how much you learn, you can't top nature.

The Louvre is a good book to consult, but it must only be an intermediary. The real and immense study that must be taken up is the manifold picture of nature.

When reading a book, be very certain that you never go past a word you do not fully understand. The only reason a person gives up a study or becomes confused or unable to learn is because he or she has gone past a word that was not understood.

to know a piece of grass, you’ve got to see the ground that grew it. Maybe that’s why I remember every detail of that night, every inch of ground we covered, as I followed Zach to the place that had made him, seeing them both with fresh eyes.

May books and nature be their early joy!

With one day's reading a man may have the key in his hands.

Reading is important. If you know how to read then the whole world opens up to you

The book one must read to learn natural sciences is the book of nature. The book from which to learn religion is your own mind and heart.

For those who are going to learn from books, learning the art of reading would seem to be indispensable.