Ben Nicholson
Ben Nicholson
Benjamin Lauder "Ben" Nicholson, OMwas a British painter of abstract compositions, landscape and still-life...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPainter
Date of Birth10 April 1894
book body shelter
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.
greed guy soul
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.
care followed learn teachers wherever
I had to learn to see the world. I followed the teachers wherever they were and I didn't care about the institution, it was more about the person.
arranged best drawing life professors royal study
They arranged for me to go to The Royal Academy, to study with one of the best life drawing professors in the world. That's how I learned.
country difficult foreign house map morning speak
It's difficult to find a house with no map at 3 o'clock in the morning in a foreign country and where you don't speak the language.