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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-erickson/what-is-the-thread-of-western-civilization-that-distinguished-its/)

[Arthur Erickson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-erickson/)

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## More by Arthur Erickson

> [Does an architecture to assuage the spirit have a place in all this? Unfortunately we are no longer the interpreters of our culture's myths…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-erickson/does-an-architecture-to-assuage-the-spirit-have-a-place-in-all-this/)

[Arthur Erickson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-erickson/)

> [The Achilles Heel of the Americas was the lack of cultural confidence typical of new settlers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-erickson/the-achilles-heel-of-the-americas-was-the-lack-of-cultural-confidence/)

[Arthur Erickson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-erickson/)

> [After 1980, you never heard reference to space again. Surface, the most convincing evidence of the descent into materialism, became the focus of design.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-erickson/after-1980-you-never-heard-reference-to-space-again-surface-the-most/)

[Arthur Erickson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-erickson/)

> [Inspiration in Science may have to do with ideas, but not in Art. In art it is in the senses that are instinctively responsive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-erickson/inspiration-in-science-may-have-to-do-with-ideas-but-not-in-art-in/)

[Arthur Erickson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-erickson/)

> [Tahiti has been spoiled for many years, but Bali is one of the few cultures with origins in one of the great ancient cultures…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-erickson/tahiti-has-been-spoiled-for-many-years-but-bali-is-one-of-the-few/)

[Arthur Erickson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-erickson/)

> [Today's developer is a poor substitute for the committed entrepreneur of the last century for whom the work of architecture represented a chance to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-erickson/today-s-developer-is-a-poor-substitute-for-the-committed-entrepreneur/)

[Arthur Erickson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-erickson/)

> [Nearly all of the advances in structural and aesthetic innovation is coming from abroad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-erickson/nearly-all-of-the-advances-in-structural-and-aesthetic-innovation-is/)

[Arthur Erickson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-erickson/)

> [No amount of thought can ever reveal what comes unexpectedly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-erickson/no-amount-of-thought-can-ever-reveal-what-comes-unexpectedly/)

[Arthur Erickson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-erickson/)

> [Only when inspired to go beyond consciousness by some extraordinary insight does beauty manifest unexpectedly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-erickson/only-when-inspired-to-go-beyond-consciousness-by-some-extraordinary/)

[Arthur Erickson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-erickson/)

> [The great dream merchant Disney was a success because make-believe was what everyone seemed to need in a spiritually empty land.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-erickson/the-great-dream-merchant-disney-was-a-success-because-make-believe/)

[Arthur Erickson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-erickson/)

> [This great, though disastrous, culture can only change as we begin to stand off and see... the inveterate materialism which has become the model…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-erickson/this-great-though-disastrous-culture-can-only-change-as-we-begin-to/)

[Arthur Erickson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-erickson/)

> [Does an architecture to assuage the spirit have a place?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-erickson/does-an-architecture-to-assuage-the-spirit-have-a-place/)

[Arthur Erickson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-erickson/)

> [Ancient Rome was as confident of the immutability of its world and the continual expansion and improvement of the human lot as we are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-erickson/ancient-rome-was-as-confident-of-the-immutability-of-its-world-and/)

[Arthur Erickson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-erickson/)

> [The tourist transports his own values and demands to his destinations and implants them like an infectious disease, decimating whatever values existed before.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-erickson/the-tourist-transports-his-own-values-and-demands-to-his-destinations/)

[Arthur Erickson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-erickson/)

> [The Renaissance is studded by the names of the artists and architects, with their creations recorded as great historical events.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-erickson/the-renaissance-is-studded-by-the-names-of-the-artists-and-architects/)

[Arthur Erickson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-erickson/)

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