Arthur Erickson quotes - page 3

The details are the very source of expression in architecture. But we are caught in a vice between art and the bottom line. (Arthur Erickson)
The artist likes to seem totally responsible for his work. Often he begins to explain it, to make it appear as if it were a reasonable process. View quote
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This great, though disastrous, culture can only change as we begin to stand off and see... the inveterate materialism which has become the model for cultures around the world. View quote
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The way of architecture is the quiet voice that underlies it and has guided it from the beginning. View quote
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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 outward command and his sense of superiority. View quote
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God's designs may be frequent justification for our actions, but it is we, the self-made men, who take the credit. View quote
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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 own. View quote
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Architecture doesn't come from theory. You don't think your way through a building. View quote
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There is a single thread of attitude, a single direction of flow, that joins our present time to its early burgeoning in Mediterranean civilization. View quote
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Today's developer is a poor substitute for the committed entrepreneur of the last century for whom the work of architecture represented a chance to celebrate the worth of his enterprise. View quote
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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)
The essentially unchangeable established order of things slowly disappeared and was forgotten for a while completely. View quote
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Does an architecture to assuage the spirit have a place? View quote
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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 political revolutions of the last half century. View quote
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