If you're into architecture and you're f... by Ben Nicholson

Artist Architecture British painter modern

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

Other quotes by Ben Nicholson

Years

What I feel bad about is not having published very much in the last few years.

- Ben Nicholson

Enemy

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

Dreams People

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

Body

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

Love

The Irish and British, they love satire, it's a large part of the culture.

- Ben Nicholson

Want

I'm not an expert, but I want to be.

- Ben Nicholson

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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