The beast for me is greed. Whether you read Dante, Swift, or any of these guys, it always boils down to the same thing: the corruption of the soul.

- Ben Nicholson

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

- Ben Nicholson

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…

- Ben Nicholson

I see man more as an instrument or an agent more than anything else.

- Ben Nicholson

I deeply believe in pluralism. I believe in the close proximity of multiple systems or agnostic systems.

- Ben Nicholson

Painting' and 'religious experience' are the same thing. It is a question of the perpetual motion of a right idea.

- Ben Nicholson

I'm just interested in meditating on certain ideas, and I like to draw: that's my way of thinking.

- Ben Nicholson

I'm interested in locating the holy grail of the minimum means to express the most complex ideas.

- Ben Nicholson

I haven't done any building designs since the Loaf House.

- Ben Nicholson