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Famous Arthur Erickson Quotes
“Our settlement of land is without regard to the best use of land.”
“It is the mystery of the creative act that something other than our conscious self takes over.”
“The way of architecture is the quiet voice that underlies it and has guided it from the beginning.”
“Rationalism is the enemy of art, though necessary as a basis for architecture.”
“Vitality is radiated from exceptional art and architecture.”
“Architecture doesn't come from theory. You don't think your way through a building.”
“Builders eventually took advantage of the look of modernism to build cheaply and carelessly.”
“Materialism has never been so ominous as now in North America, as management takes over.”
“Nearly all of the advances in structural and aesthetic innovation is coming from abroad.”
“Nowhere has specialization penetrated so deeply into the building professions as North America.”
“Our engineering departments build freeways which destroy a city or a landscape, in the process.”
“Our universities advocate fragmentation in their course systems.”
“The Achilles Heel of the Americas was the lack of cultural confidence typical of new settlers.”
“The new architecture of transparency and lightness comes from Japan and Europe.”
“We are guilty for sending teams into foreign countries to advise them how to be like us.”
“We are yet to have a conscience at all about the exploitation of human cultures.”
“Western history has been a history of deed done, actions performed and results achieved.”
“Whenever we witness art in a building, we are aware of an energy contained by it.”