All Kit Williams Quotes
- If we listen human instinct actually tells us what we need, but advertising makes us want things we don't need and things we can't have. Actually Tells
- As I was working I noticed that the way I designed the differential gearing actually created a spare drive that sat directly below the emperor's… Actually Created
- Having designed and built several clocks during my career it suddenly occurred to me that when you look at the face of a clock both… Both
- I started by looking at what others had done before me. You see, over the years there have been attempts by many different people to… Attempts
- I think most artists find it difficult to part with their work but it's the parting that keeps us alive and keeps us working. In… Actually Still
- I took lots of photographs and had planned to write a treatise on how it worked, but I quickly got bored with that idea and… Bored
- Practical! On Wednesday afternoons I could be practically anything. What's up? Afternoon
- In practical terms the South Pointing Chariot was a simple direction finder. It could have been made to point in any direction - north, south,… Any
- The engine of ancient society was religion but the engine of contemporary society, as I see it, is advertising. Advertising
- You see, my ambition was not to confound the engineering world but simply to create a beautiful piece of art. Ambition
- He was so tenacious he defied the distraction of women by refusing to have them in his presence, just as later in life he denied… Blindness
- If you look closely you can see that they are all interconnected, symbolic of a never-ending circle in which it is simply impossible for the… All
- The chariot was purchased by a private collector who took it home to New York. I take pleasure in knowing that it was built to… Built
- Once upon a perfect night, unclouded and still, there came the face of a pale and beautiful lady. The tresses of her hair reached out… Beautiful
- The original item looked like a little hand cart with the figure of a man mounted on a platform between the wheels. The man's outstretched… Always Pointed
- In the fairy tale the painting represents the here and now. The book is actually divided into five sections, through which the key character, the… Actually Divided
- It inspired all sorts of whims and fancies that I ultimately wove into a fairy tale complete with muse, the earth, the moon, some famous… All
- The dog and the rabbit are telling us not to chase unattainable material goals. Chase
- The dog, the rabbit and the hoop all feature in the painting, and take the place of the orrery. All
- The hoop is there to remind us not to jump through it, not to submit to someone else's control. Control
- The rabbit is significant in that the handle on the original South Pointing Chariot was carved in the form of a rabbit. Because the handle… Carved
- Newton, of course, was the inventor of differential calculus so his place in the tale is quite special. Calculus
- Today she is the lady of death, which I believe is the best muse to have. Believe
- I made every single piece myself, each individual component, so it was quite time consuming. Component
- She's not happy about the life she is living but to jump through the hoop would mean to succumb to death. Death