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Art Quotes by Arthur Erickson
- Rationalism is the enemy of art, though necessary as a basis for architecture.
- The details are the very source of expression in architecture. But we are caught in a vice between art and the bottom line.
- Vitality is radiated from exceptional art and architecture.
- The innovative spirit was America's strongest attribute, transforming everything into a brave new world, but there lingered an insecurity about the arts.
- We settled this continent without art. So it was easy for us to treat it as an imported luxury, not a necessity.
- Whenever we witness art in a building, we are aware of an energy contained by it.
- 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…
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