Quote by Ben Nicholson
You can just drift unhappily towards this vision of heaven on eart

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 its best. – Ben Nicholson

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Politics are beautiful. They enable a community to live collectively with one another. Its not about stabbing each other in the back its about enabling people to reach their dreams and pursue happiness. – Ben Nicholson

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Dreams
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If youre into architecture and youre from the West, everything is hors doeuvres for working to rebuild the Temple. Ultimately youre led there. You cant escape it. – Ben Nicholson

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architecture
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At this present time, matter is still the best way to think of architecture, but Im not so sure for very long. The computer is radicalizing the way we think about our world. – Ben Nicholson

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architecture
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In my experience, if you have to keep the lavatory door shut by extending your left leg, its modern architecture. – Nancy Banks Smith

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Rationalism is the enemy of art, though necessary as a basis for architecture. – Arthur Erickson

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architecture

No architecture is so haughty as that which is simple. – John Ruskin

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architecture

In addressing a task, one almost always has several possible options, sometimes only a few, and they may all be practical and functional. But they lack the aesthetic aspect that raises it to architecture. – Arne Jacobsen

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architecture

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