--- title: "4 Cecil Balmond Quotes - Famous Engineer" description: "structural engineer, artist (born 1943)... | Cecil Balmond OBE is a British Sri Lankan designer, artist, and writer. In 1968, Balmond joined Ove Arup & ..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b172/author-cecil-balmond-68371.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Cecil Balmond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b172/author-cecil-balmond-68371.jpg) # Cecil Balmond (1942) Engineer **4** quotes in **37** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Cecil Balmond is an engineer. ## Quick Facts About Cecil Balmond Born November 30, 1942 Profession Engineer ## About Cecil Balmond structural engineer, artist (born 1943)... \| Cecil Balmond OBE is a British Sri Lankan designer, artist, and writer. In 1968, Balmond joined Ove Arup & Partners, leading him to become deputy chairman. In 2000, he founded design and research group, the AGU . He currently holds the Paul Philippe Cret Chair at PennDesign as Professor of Architect ## Quotes by Cecil Balmond > [The abstract has no emotional content... the abstract is more powerful the more abstract it is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecil-balmond/the-abstract-has-no-emotional-content-the-abstract-is-more-powerful/) Cecil Balmond [Abstract](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abstract/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/248/cecil-balmond-68371_abstract_the-abstract-has-no-emotional-content-th_305296.png) > [It appears that a simple rule, of something adhering to another similar idea, repeated, leads to stabilities. This seems to be a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecil-balmond/it-appears-that-a-simple-rule-of-something-adhering-to-another/) Cecil Balmond [Adaptability](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adaptability/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e3/cecil-balmond-68371_adaptability_it-appears-that-a-simple-rule-of-somethi_600324.png) > [Knowing there is a structure, hidden or felt, to the random gives pleasure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecil-balmond/knowing-there-is-a-structure-hidden-or-felt-to-the-random-gives/) Cecil Balmond [Engineering](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/engineering/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/219/cecil-balmond-68371_engineering_knowing-there-is-a-structure-hidden-or-f_736972.png) > [I love paper. A nice thick pile of it and a pencil, and I'm content.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecil-balmond/i-love-paper-a-nice-thick-pile-of-it-and-a-pencil-and-i-m-content/) Cecil Balmond [Architect](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/architect/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/120/cecil-balmond-68371_architect_i-love-paper-a-nice-thick-pile-of-it-and_1492576.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecil-balmond/#itemlist", "name": "Cecil Balmond Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The abstract has no emotional content... the abstract is more powerful the more abstract it is.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Cecil Balmond" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecil-balmond/the-abstract-has-no-emotional-content-the-abstract-is-more-powerful/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/248/cecil-balmond-68371_abstract_the-abstract-has-no-emotional-content-th_305296.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/248/cecil-balmond-68371_abstract_the-abstract-has-no-emotional-content-th_305296.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/248/cecil-balmond-68371_abstract_the-abstract-has-no-emotional-content-th_305296.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The abstract has no emotional content... the abstract is more powerful the more abstract it is.” — Cecil Balmond", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It appears that a simple rule, of something adhering to another similar idea, repeated, leads to stabilities. 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