Ben Nicholson

The corruption of the American soul is consumerism. ↗

— Ben Nicholson

#consumerism #corruption #soul

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 #complete #enemy #fall #grandeur

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 #best #best way #computer #i

I feel most strongly about Jerusalem, because architects ultimately have to address that city. ↗

— Ben Nicholson

#address #architects #because #city #feel

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

#body #bones #book #buildings #built

I haven't done any building designs since the Loaf House. ↗

— Ben Nicholson

#building #designs #done #haven #house

I see man more as an instrument or an agent more than anything else. ↗

— Ben Nicholson

#anything #else #i #i see #instrument

I started producing work with an ecstatic addiction. ↗

— Ben Nicholson

#ecstatic #i #producing #started #work

I'm interested in locating the holy grail of the minimum means to express the most complex ideas. ↗

— Ben Nicholson

#express #grail #holy #holy grail #i

I deeply believe in pluralism. I believe in the close proximity of multiple systems or agnostic systems. ↗

— Ben Nicholson

#believe #close #close proximity #deeply #i