Author Profile
Ben Nicholson
1894 – 1982 • British • Artist
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Collected Meditations
Showing 24 quotesThe 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
I'm just interested in meditating on certain ideas, and I like to draw: that's my way of thinking.— Ben Nicholson
When I left school I went on trip around the world - I only got as far as Australia, but like a bloody fool I cut it short because of a girl. It's probably one of my big regrets in life.— Ben Nicholson
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
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
I feel most strongly about Jerusalem, because architects ultimately have to address that city.— Ben Nicholson
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 screwed whose uncle or grandmother, all of that.— Ben Nicholson
I'm interested in locating the holy grail of the minimum means to express the most complex ideas.— Ben Nicholson
I deeply believe in pluralism. I believe in the close proximity of multiple systems or agnostic systems.— Ben Nicholson
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
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