Arthur Erickson quotes

No amount of thought can ever reveal what comes unexpectedly. (Arthur Erickson)
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, on human culture. View quote
Arthur Erickson
Rationalism is the enemy of art, though necessary as a basis for architecture. View quote
Arthur Erickson
The Renaissance is studded by the names of the artists and architects, with their creations recorded as great historical events. View quote
Arthur Erickson
Whenever we witness art in a building, we are aware of an energy contained by it. View quote
Arthur Erickson
Space has always been the spiritual dimension of architecture. It is not the physical statement of the structure so much as what it contains that moves us. View quote
Arthur Erickson
Great buildings that move the spirit have always been rare. In every case they are unique, poetic, products of the heart. View quote
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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 the medium of expression. View quote
Arthur Erickson
The heart, not the head, must be the guide. View quote
Arthur Erickson
Our incapacity to comprehend other cultures stems from our insistence on measuring things in our own terms. View quote
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Roman civilization had achieved, within the bounds of its technology, relatively as great a mastery of time and space as we have achieved today. (Arthur Erickson)
Only when inspired to go beyond consciousness by some extraordinary insight does beauty manifest unexpectedly. View quote
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Profit and bottom line, the contemporary mantra, eliminates the very source of architectural expression. View quote
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Illusion is needed to disguise the emptiness within. View quote
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Vitality is radiated from exceptional art and architecture. View quote
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You have to see a building to comprehend it. Photographs cannot convey the experience, nor film. View quote
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It is the mystery of the creative act that something other than our conscious self takes over. View quote
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Our engineering departments build freeways which destroy a city or a landscape, in the process. View quote
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The great dream merchant Disney was a success because make-believe was what everyone seemed to need in a spiritually empty land. View quote
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Ancient Rome was as confident of the immutability of its world and the continual expansion and improvement of the human lot as we are today. View quote
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Western history has been a history of deed done, actions performed and results achieved. (Arthur Erickson)
The delusion of entertainment is devoid of meaning. It may amuse us for a bit, but after the initial hit we are left with the dark feeling of desolation. View quote
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The tourist transports his own values and demands to his destinations and implants them like an infectious disease, decimating whatever values existed before. View quote
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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 whole. View quote
Arthur Erickson
Our settlement of land is without regard to the best use of land. View quote
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