Benjamin Lauder "Ben" Nicholson, OM (10 April 1894 – 6 February 1982) was a British painter of abstract compositions (sometimes in low relief), landscape and still-life. Read full biography of Ben Nicholson →
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.
The corruption of the American soul is consumerism.
I deeply believe in pluralism. I believe in the close proximity of multiple systems or agnostic systems.
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... →
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... →
I feel most strongly about Jerusalem, because architects ultimately have to address that city.
I'm interested in locating the holy grail of the minimum means to express the most complex ideas.
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... →
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... →
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... →
Student journeys which were important to me were Sicily, Greece, and Egypt, where I really saw these buildings, and that is where you're able to... →
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... →
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.... →
Benjamin Lauder "Ben" Nicholson, OM (10 April 1894 – 6 February 1982) was a British painter of abstract compositions (sometimes in low relief), landscape and still-life.