Ben Nicholson Quotes

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.

Ben Nicholson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: April 10, 1894 - February 6, 1982

Topics

VisionBestArchitectureYouHeaven

I really like working with people who believe what they're saying.

Meghan McCain

PeopleSayingBelieveWorkingLike

We must continue, however, to send a strong message of resolve to the people of Iraq, to our troops, to our coalition partners, and to the rest of the world that we, the United States of America, will stay the course and get the job done.

John Warner

JobPeopleWorldRestStrongDone

You reach a point when you say to yourself, 'Do I want to keep doing this?' There are other things on my plate I want to do - I've been writing a play; I've been neglecting my standup.

Joy Behar

YourselfWritingReachDoingYou

But the - look, I think that this - the United States of America is still the most powerful economy in the world. It is an incredible engine for creativity and innovation. And it has the most - smartest, most effective workforce in the world. So we have a lot going for us, in spite of the fractiousness of our politics.

Jay Carney

InnovationCreativityPoliticsWorld

It's extremely exciting to be part of a world premiere here at Arena.

Jayne Houdyshell

WorldHereExcitingPartPremiere

Even Woodstock turned out to be a disaster. Everybody was stuck in the mud and people got sick.

Johnny Rivers

PeopleSickMudWoodstockOutStuck

Losing control of your pick on stage sucks, so I scratch some deep X's into both sides of my pick with something sharp, like a dart.

Dimebag Darrell

LosingControlDeepSidesStage

Contentment is work so engrossing that you do not know that you are working.

Donald Hall

WorkYouKnowContentmentWorking

I have a low tolerance for people who complain about things but never do anything to change them. This led me to conclude that the single largest pool of untapped natural resources in this world is human good intentions that are never translated into actions.

Cindy Gallop

ChangeGoodPeopleMeWorldPool

Not only is our love for our children sometimes tinged with annoyance, discouragement, and disappointment, the same is true for the love our children feel for us.

Bruno Bettelheim

LoveChildrenDisappointmentFeelUs

I am a Catholic, not so committed to the church, but to the idea of the Virgin, the female face of God.

Paulo Coelho

GodI AmFaceChurchIdeaCommitted

A great novel is concerned primarily with the interior lives of its characters as they respond to the inconvenient narratives that fate imposes on them. Movie adaptations of these monumental fictions often fail because they become mere exercises in interior decoration.

Richard Schickel

GreatFateBecomeInteriorRespond

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