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Realism’ has been abandoned in the search for reality: the ‘principal objective’ of abstract art is precisely this reality.

Ben Nicholson

The kind of painting which I find exciting is not necessarily representational or non-representational, but it is musical and architectural… Whether this visual relationship is slightly more or slightly less abstract is, for me, beside the point.
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Kind Musical Painting
I deeply believe in pluralism. I believe in the close proximity of multiple systems or agnostic systems.
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Agnostic Believe Pluralism
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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Country Journey Mean
Realism’ has been abandoned in the search for reality: the ‘principal objective’ of abstract art is precisely this reality.
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Abandoned Art Reality
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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Board Cutting Direct
I haven’t done any building designs since the Loaf House.
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Design Done House
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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Beautiful Dream People
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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Earth Heaven Vision
I’m just interested in meditating on certain ideas, and I like to draw: that’s my way of thinking.
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Drawing Ideas Thinking
Painting’ and ‘religious experience’ are the same thing. It is a question of the perpetual motion of a right idea.
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Ideas Painting Religious
We are pushing hard to find quality advertising clients.
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Clients Pushing Quality
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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Girl Regret School
I haven’t done any building designs since the Loaf House.
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Design Done House
I started producing work with an ecstatic addiction.
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Addiction Ecstatic Work
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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Architecture Temple West
I’m not an expert, but I want to be.
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Desire Experts Want

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