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Quotes by Ben Nicholson

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.

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.

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.

Satire is fascinating stuff. Its deadly serious, and when politics begin to break down, there is a drift towards satire, because its the only thing that makes any sense.