Arthur Erickson quotes - page 2

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. (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. Space disappeared. View quote
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With production alone as the goal, industry in North America was dominated by the assembly line, standardization for mass consumption. View quote
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We are stymied by regulations, limited choice and the threat of litigation. Neither consultants nor industry itself provide research which takes architecture forward. View quote
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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 ecosystems. View quote
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In those countries with centuries of a craft tradition behind their building methods, techniques are tightly coordinated under the direction of the architect. View quote
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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 the machine itself. View quote
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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 years ago, as undeveloped. View quote
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We settled this continent without art. So it was easy for us to treat it as an imported luxury, not a necessity. View quote
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We have today a fairly thorough knowledge of the early Greco-Roman period because our motivations are the same. View quote
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Builders eventually took advantage of the look of modernism to build cheaply and carelessly. (Arthur Erickson)
Compared to industry in Europe or Japan, where industry was based on a craft tradition, we are sadly behind. View quote
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Materialism has never been so ominous as now in North America, as management takes over. View quote
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Modernism released us from the constraints of everything that had gone before with a euphoric sense of freedom. View quote
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Nearly all of the advances in structural and aesthetic innovation is coming from abroad. View quote
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No wonder the film industry started in the desert in California where, like all desert dwellers, they dream their buildings, rather than design them. View quote
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Nowhere has specialization penetrated so deeply into the building professions as North America. View quote
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Our universities advocate fragmentation in their course systems. View quote
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Part of our western outlook stems from the scientific attitude and its method of isolating the parts of a phenomenon in order to analyze them. View quote
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We find Japan a little more difficult to understand because it has proven its 20th century prowess though the ancient traditions still persist. View quote
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Tahiti has been spoiled for many years, but Bali is one of the few cultures with origins in one of the great ancient cultures which is still alive. (Arthur Erickson)
We are yet to have a conscience at all about the exploitation of human cultures. View quote
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We are guilty for sending teams into foreign countries to advise them how to be like us. View quote
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The new architecture of transparency and lightness comes from Japan and Europe. View quote
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The Achilles Heel of the Americas was the lack of cultural confidence typical of new settlers. View quote
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