Ben Nicholson Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

10 Famous Quotes by Ben Nicholson
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“I deeply believe in pluralism. I believe in the close proximity of multiple systems or agnostic systems.”
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“I feel most strongly about Jerusalem, because architects ultimately have to address that city.”
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“I had to learn to see the world. I followed the teachers wherever they were and I didn't care about the institution, it was more about the person.”
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“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.”
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“I haven't done any building designs since the Loaf House.”
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“I see man more as an instrument or an agent more than anything else.”
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“I started producing work with an ecstatic addiction.”
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“I'm interested in locating the holy grail of the minimum means to express the most complex ideas.”
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