Michael Atkinson

“The public were not to be consulted on whether they wished to have their cities and towns torn down and rebuilt in an entirely original and untested style with no connection to what had gone before.”
― Alexei Sayle, Stalin Ate My Homework

“Art does many things, but for me where art is at its best is in providing a window into the way another mind works.”
― Marcus du Sautoy, The Creativity Code: How AI is learning to write, paint and think

“Never again would the ignorant masses want to take up arms against other nations, or indulge in racism or xenophobia, because instead they had a nice flat with a balcony and underfloor heating.”
― Alexei Sayle, Stalin Ate My Homework

“A Marxist historian would say that industries grew up and remained in an area because there was a plentiful supply of a certain necessary item. The existence of coal and steel in the Midlands led to the engineering industry being based there, a humid climate meant cotton was woven in Lancashire, and finance was located in the City of London because of a plentiful supply of hard-hearted and cruel individuals.”
― Alexei Sayle, Stalin Ate My Homework