Kit Williams

He was so tenacious he defied the distraction of women by refusing to have them in his presence, just as later in…

— Kit Williams

I started by looking at what others had done before me. You see, over the years there have been attempts by many…

— Kit Williams

The chariot was purchased by a private collector who took it home to New York. I take pleasure in knowing that it…

— Kit Williams

The engine of ancient society was religion but the engine of contemporary society, as I see it, is advertising.

— Kit Williams

In practical terms the South Pointing Chariot was a simple direction finder. It could have been made to point in any direction…

— Kit Williams

The rabbit is significant in that the handle on the original South Pointing Chariot was carved in the form of a rabbit.…

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Once upon a perfect night, unclouded and still, there came the face of a pale and beautiful lady. The tresses of her…

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If we listen human instinct actually tells us what we need, but advertising makes us want things we don't need and things…

— Kit Williams

Practical! On Wednesday afternoons I could be practically anything. What's up?

— Kit Williams

The dog and the rabbit are telling us not to chase unattainable material goals.

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As I was working I noticed that the way I designed the differential gearing actually created a spare drive that sat directly…

— Kit Williams

She's not happy about the life she is living but to jump through the hoop would mean to succumb to death.

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You see, my ambition was not to confound the engineering world but simply to create a beautiful piece of art.

— Kit Williams

Newton, of course, was the inventor of differential calculus so his place in the tale is quite special.

— Kit Williams

If you look closely you can see that they are all interconnected, symbolic of a never-ending circle in which it is simply…

— Kit Williams

The dog, the rabbit and the hoop all feature in the painting, and take the place of the orrery.

— Kit Williams

I made every single piece myself, each individual component, so it was quite time consuming.

— Kit Williams

Today she is the lady of death, which I believe is the best muse to have.

— Kit Williams

The hoop is there to remind us not to jump through it, not to submit to someone else's control.

— Kit Williams

I think most artists find it difficult to part with their work but it's the parting that keeps us alive and keeps…

— Kit Williams

It inspired all sorts of whims and fancies that I ultimately wove into a fairy tale complete with muse, the earth, the…

— Kit Williams

The original item looked like a little hand cart with the figure of a man mounted on a platform between the wheels.…

— Kit Williams

I took lots of photographs and had planned to write a treatise on how it worked, but I quickly got bored with…

— Kit Williams

In the fairy tale the painting represents the here and now. The book is actually divided into five sections, through which the…

— Kit Williams

Having designed and built several clocks during my career it suddenly occurred to me that when you look at the face of…

— Kit Williams