Ben Nicholson Quotes


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 that makes any sense. Ben Nicholson Politics 83
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 people to reach their dreams and pursue happiness. Ben Nicholson Happy 81
I see man more as an instrument or an agent more than anything else. Ben Nicholson Agent 71
What I feel bad about is not having published very much in the last few years. Ben Nicholson Bad 71
We are pushing hard to find quality advertising clients. Ben Nicholson Advertising 65
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 escape it. Ben Nicholson Architecture 62
The corruption of the American soul is consumerism. Ben Nicholson American 61
I started producing work with an ecstatic addiction. Ben Nicholson Addiction 58
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 of the body into shelter. Ben Nicholson Beautifully 55
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 radicalizing the way we think about our world. Ben Nicholson Architecture 53
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 corruption of the soul. Ben Nicholson Beast 51
I deeply believe in pluralism. I believe in the close proximity of multiple systems or agnostic systems. Ben Nicholson Agnostic 44
MTV lets us do whatever we want. For me, there is freedom in serving an experienced client who knows what they want and has the money to do it. MTV is that for us. Ben Nicholson Client 44
I feel most strongly about Jerusalem, because architects ultimately have to address that city. Ben Nicholson Address 39
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, at it's best. Ben Nicholson Architecture 32
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 turn into a complete tyranny. Ben Nicholson Apart 32

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