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Top 25 Ben Nicholson Quotes (2025 Update)

Ben Nicholson Quote: “I’m not an expert, but I want to be.”

1. “I’m not an expert, but I want to be.”

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Ben Nicholson Quote: “I’m interested in locating the holy grail of the minimum means to express the most complex ideas.”

2. “I’m interested in locating the holy grail of the minimum means to express the most complex ideas.”

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Ben Nicholson Quote: “I feel most strongly about Jerusalem, because architects ultimately have to address that city.”

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

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Ben Nicholson Quote: “The corruption of the American soul is consumerism.”

4. “The corruption of the American soul is consumerism.”

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Ben Nicholson Quote: “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.”

5. “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.”

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Ben Nicholson Quote: “I haven’t done any building designs since the Loaf House.”

6. “I haven’t done any building designs since the Loaf House.”

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Ben Nicholson Quote: “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 it’s best.”

7. “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 it’s best.”

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Ben Nicholson Quote: “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.”

8. “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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Ben Nicholson Quote: “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.”

9. “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.”

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Ben Nicholson Quote: “Painting and religious experience are the same thing, and what we are all searching for is the understanding and realization of infinity.”

10. “Painting and religious experience are the same thing, and what we are all searching for is the understanding and realization of infinity.”

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Ben Nicholson Quote: “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.”

11. “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.”

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Ben Nicholson Quote: “I’m just interested in meditating on certain ideas, and I like to draw: that’s my way of thinking.”

12. “I’m just interested in meditating on certain ideas, and I like to draw: that’s my way of thinking.”

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Ben Nicholson Quote: “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.”

13. “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.”

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Ben Nicholson Quote: “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.”

14. “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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Ben Nicholson Quote: “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.”

15. “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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Ben Nicholson Quote: “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.”

16. “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.”

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Ben Nicholson Quote: “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 grasp what things mean.”

17. “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 grasp what things mean.”

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Ben Nicholson Quote: “I started producing work with an ecstatic addiction.”

18. “I started producing work with an ecstatic addiction.”

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Ben Nicholson Quote: “What I feel bad about is not having published very much in the last few years.”

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

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Ben Nicholson Quote: “I deeply believe in pluralism. I believe in the close proximity of multiple systems or agnostic systems.”

20. “I deeply believe in pluralism. I believe in the close proximity of multiple systems or agnostic systems.”

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Ben Nicholson Quote: “I see man more as an instrument or an agent more than anything else.”

21. “I see man more as an instrument or an agent more than anything else.”

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Ben Nicholson Quote: “Very rarely are we directing or cutting someone elses boards. We concept, direct, shoot, animate and edit almost everything that comes through here.”

22. “Very rarely are we directing or cutting someone elses boards. We concept, direct, shoot, animate and edit almost everything that comes through here.”

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Ben Nicholson Quote: “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.”

23. “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.”

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Ben Nicholson Quote: “We are pushing hard to find quality advertising clients.”

24. “We are pushing hard to find quality advertising clients.”

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Ben Nicholson Quote: “The Irish and British, they love satire, its a large part of the culture.”

25. “The Irish and British, they love satire, its a large part of the culture.”

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