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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

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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Body Book Shelter
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 started producing work with an ecstatic addiction.
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Addiction Ecstatic Work
I haven’t done any building designs since the Loaf House.
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Design Done House
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
I’m not an expert, but I want to be.
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Experts Hope Want
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
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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Breaking Down Serious Stuff
What I feel bad about is not having published very much in the last few years.
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Feels Lasts Years
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 haven’t done any building designs since the Loaf House.
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Design Done House
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
We are pushing hard to find quality advertising clients.
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Clients Pushing Quality
The corruption of the American soul is consumerism.
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Consumerism Corruption Soul
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
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

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

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