Arthur Erickson

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

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

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

James Bond is quite serious about his drinks and clothing and cigarettes and food and all that sort of thing. There is nothing wry or amused about James Bond.

I was a bit challenged when I was younger to stay on the right path.

As a writer, I try to do different things, but I'm not going to become a darker artist or turn into Radiohead overnight. I don't think that's my style.