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You’ve dedicated yourself to the Sagrada Família/for over 40 years.// What keeps you going?//
　　Gaudí is my inspiration.// He started working on this project,/knowing that he wouldn’t be able to complete it.// When he died,/he didn’t leave detailed plans;/he left only some sketches,/models, and followers.// I consider myself/as one of his followers.//

Working without detailed plans/must have been hard,/right?//
　　Absolutely.// I really had to struggle/to find how to make sculptures/that would fit into Gaudí’s work.// One day,/when I was visiting Gaudí’s tomb,/I heard his voice:/“Don’t look at what I have done;/look at what I was looking at.”// I thought,/“This is a path I can follow.”//
　　From that day on,/I have been trying/to understand Gaudí’s philosophy,/his respect for nature,/and the inspiration he received from it.// In short,/I am walking in Gaudí’s footsteps.//

One last question:/Do you have mottos you live by?//
　　Life is full of encounters and challenges.// Be ready to take up any challenges/with passion and courage.// Have good friends/who make you optimistic.// And one more thing:/Cut loose once in a while.//