All Arthur Erickson Quotes
- With production alone as the goal, industry in North America was dominated by the assembly line, standardization for mass consumption. Alone
- You have to see a building to comprehend it. Photographs cannot convey the experience, nor film. Building
- Inspiration in Science may have to do with ideas, but not in Art. In art it is in the senses that are instinctively responsive to… Art
- After 1980, you never heard reference to space again. Surface, the most convincing evidence of the descent into materialism, became the focus of design. Space… Became
- Bankers cannot afford to be concerned with only the economic aspects of projects. There may be serious implications on the natural environment, the urban environment,… Afford
- I plead for conservation of human culture, which is much more fragile than nature herself. We needn't destroy other cultures with the force of our… Conservation
- In those countries with centuries of a craft tradition behind their building methods, techniques are tightly coordinated under the direction of the architect. Architect
- 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… Aspect
- The obsession with performance left no room for the development of the intuitive or spiritual impact of space and form other than the aesthetic of… Aesthetic
- There is an increasing awareness of the interrelatedness of things. We are becoming less prone to accept an immediate solution without questioning its larger implications. Accept
- We are stymied by regulations, limited choice and the threat of litigation. Neither consultants nor industry itself provide research which takes architecture forward. Architecture
- We can appreciate but not really understand the medieval town. We cannot comprehend its compactness, the contiguity of all its buildings as a single uninterrupted… All
- 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… Civilization
- There is a single thread of attitude, a single direction of flow, that joins our present time to its early burgeoning in Mediterranean civilization. Attitude
- There is little doubt that we are in the midst of a revolution of a much more profound and fundamental nature than the social and… Century
- We regard those other cultures, such as that of India, where many people live and believe and behave much as they did 1,000 or 2,000… Ago