All Ben Nicholson Quotes
- I started producing work with an ecstatic addiction. Addiction
- Any ideal system is its own worst enemy, and as soon as you start to implement these visions of grandeur, they just fall apart and… Any
- I'm interested in locating the holy grail of the minimum means to express the most complex ideas. Complex
- The Irish and British, they love satire, its a large part of the culture. British
- Very rarely are we directing or cutting someone elses boards. We concept, direct, shoot, animate and edit almost everything that comes through here. Almost Everything
- At this present time, matter is still the best way to think of architecture, but I'm not so sure for very long. The computer is… Architecture
- Politics are beautiful. They enable a community to live collectively with one another. It's not about stabbing each other in the back it's about enabling… Beautiful
- If you're into architecture and you're from the West, everything is hors d'oeuvres for working to rebuild the Temple. Ultimately you're led there. You can't… Architecture
- Satire is fascinating stuff. It's deadly serious, and when politics begin to break down, there is a drift towards satire, because it's the only thing… Any
- We are pushing hard to find quality advertising clients. Advertising
- Student journeys which were important to me were Sicily, Greece, and Egypt, where I really saw these buildings, and that is where you're able to… Able
- I'm just interested in meditating on certain ideas, and I like to draw: that's my way of thinking. Certain
- The latest page I've been working is about the organization of the pantheon of the gods. Who's indebted to whom, how they are related, who… All
- I have a book of buildings from 25,000 BC. These are huts built out of mammoth bones. These buildings were beautifully made, from the bones… Beautifully
- I feel most strongly about Jerusalem, because architects ultimately have to address that city. Address
- I see man more as an instrument or an agent more than anything else. Agent
- I haven't done any building designs since the Loaf House. Any
- I'm not an expert, but I want to be. Expert
- What I feel bad about is not having published very much in the last few years. Bad
- When I left school I went on trip around the world - I only got as far as Australia, but like a bloody fool I… Australia
- You can just drift unhappily towards this vision of heaven on earth, and ultimately that is what architecture is a vision of: Heaven on earth,… Architecture
- Realism' has been abandoned in the search for reality: the 'principal objective' of abstract art is precisely this reality. Abandoned
- Painting' and 'religious experience' are the same thing. It is a question of the perpetual motion of a right idea. Experience
- The corruption of the American soul is consumerism. American
- The beast for me is greed. Whether you read Dante, Swift, or any of these guys, it always boils down to the same thing: the… Always Boils