Top 64 Quotes by Arthur Erickson

It is the mystery of the creative act that something other than our conscious self takes over.

Whenever we witness art in a building, we are aware of an energy contained by it.

No phenomenon can be isolated, but has repercussions through every aspect of our lives. We are learning that we are a fundamental part of nature's ecosystems.

We find Japan a little more difficult to understand because it has proven its 20th century prowess though the ancient traditions still persist.

We are stymied by regulations, limited choice and the threat of litigation. Neither consultants nor industry itself provide research which takes architecture forward.

We have today a fairly thorough knowledge of the early Greco-Roman period because our motivations are the same.

What is the thread of western civilization that distinguished its course in history? It has to do with the preoccupation of western man with his outward command and his sense of superiority.

We are yet to have a conscience at all about the exploitation of human cultures.

Nowhere has specialization penetrated so deeply into the building professions as North America.

The essentially unchangeable established order of things slowly disappeared and was forgotten for a while completely.