“As I was working I noticed that the way I designed the differential gearing actually created a spare drive that sat directly below the emperor's feet, or where they would be if he were to sit in the chariot.” IfsWayWould BeFeetSatSparesEmperorChariots Author:Kit Williams
“Having designed and built several clocks during my career it suddenly occurred to me that when you look at the face of a clock both hands have the same center.” LooksHandsFacesCareersBuiltClock Author:Kit Williams
“I started by looking at what others had done before me. You see, over the years there have been attempts by many different people to reconstruct the chariot.” PeopleYearsHas BeensDifferentDoneDifferent PeoplesReconstructionChariotsGetting Over You Author:Kit Williams
“I think most artists find it difficult to part with their work but it's the parting that keeps us alive and keeps us working. In the case of the chariot, although it's been sold I actually still have it, just in another form.” ThinkingStillsFormArtistDifficultWorkCasesAlivePartingChariots Author:Kit Williams
“I took lots of photographs and had planned to write a treatise on how it worked, but I quickly got bored with that idea and wrote a scientific fairy tale instead.” WritingIdeasPhotographTalesBoredFairyFairy Tale Author:Kit Williams
“Practical! On Wednesday afternoons I could be practically anything. What's up?” PracticalsAfternoonWednesday Author:Kit Williams
“In practical terms the South Pointing Chariot was a simple direction finder. It could have been made to point in any direction - north, south, east or west.” Has BeensMadeTermSimpleWestSouthEastPracticalsPointingCould Have BeenChariots Author:Kit Williams
“The engine of ancient society was religion but the engine of contemporary society, as I see it, is advertising.” ReligionAncientContemporaryAdvertisingEnginesContemporary Society Author:Kit Williams
“The thing to judge in any jazz artist is, does the man project and does he have ideas.” MenDoeIdeasArtistMusicJudgingProjectsJazzJazz Music Author:Miles Davis
“You see, my ambition was not to confound the engineering world but simply to create a beautiful piece of art.” WorldArtBeautifulPiecesAmbitionEngineeringMy Ambition Author:Kit Williams