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Arthur Erickson

Our incapacity to comprehend other cultures stems from our insistence on measuring things in our own terms.

Our incapacity to comprehend other cultures stems from our insistence on measuring things in our own terms.

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These are some quotes by Canadian author Arthur Erickson Architect, who was born on June 14, 1924.

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Modernism released us from the constraints of everything that had gone before with a euphoric sense of freedom.

Modernism released us from the constraints of everything that had gone before with a euphoric sense of freedom.

Arthur Erickson

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Roman civilization had achieved, within the bounds of its technology, relatively as great a mastery of time and space as we have achieved today.

Roman civilization had achieved, within the bounds of its technology, relatively as great a mastery of time and space as we have achieved today.

Arthur Erickson

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Profit and bottom line, the contemporary mantra, eliminates the very source of architectural expression.

Profit and bottom line, the contemporary mantra, eliminates the very source of architectural expression.

Arthur Erickson

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Shaft was a pop culture figure along t he lines of, I guess, Dirty Harry - except that he wasn't as much of a racist. So yeah, I was always a fan.

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Our works, whatever they may be, derive from our incapacity to kill or to kill ourselves.

Our works, whatever they may be, derive from our incapacity to kill or to kill ourselves.

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