Arthur Erickson

No wonder the film industry started in the desert in California where, like all desert dwellers, they dream their buildings, rather than…

— Arthur Erickson

The innovative spirit was America's strongest attribute, transforming everything into a brave new world, but there lingered an insecurity about the arts.

— Arthur Erickson

You have to see a building to comprehend it. Photographs cannot convey the experience, nor film.

— Arthur Erickson

In those countries with centuries of a craft tradition behind their building methods, techniques are tightly coordinated under the direction of the…

— Arthur Erickson

We regard those other cultures, such as that of India, where many people live and believe and behave much as they did…

— Arthur Erickson

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

— Arthur Erickson

The heart, not the head, must be the guide.

— Arthur Erickson

The obsession with performance left no room for the development of the intuitive or spiritual impact of space and form other than…

— Arthur Erickson

We regard those other cultures such as that of India, where many people live and believe and behave much as they did…

— Arthur Erickson

The artist likes to seem totally responsible for his work. Often he begins to explain it, to make it appear as if…

— Arthur Erickson

Rationalism is the enemy of art, though necessary as a basis for architecture.

— Arthur Erickson

Vitality is radiated from exceptional art and architecture.

— Arthur Erickson

With production alone as the goal, industry in North America was dominated by the assembly line, standardization for mass consumption.

— Arthur Erickson

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

— Arthur Erickson

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

— Arthur Erickson

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

— Arthur Erickson

God's designs may be frequent justification for our actions, but it is we, the self-made men, who take the credit.

— Arthur Erickson

We settled this continent without art. So it was easy for us to treat it as an imported luxury, not a necessity.

— Arthur Erickson