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Arthur Erickson quotes: Modernism released us from the constraints of everything that had gone before with a euphoric sense of freedom.

Modernism released us from the constraints of everything that had gone before with a euphoric sense of freedom.

Arthur Erickson quotes: The details are the very source of expression in architecture. But we are caught in a vice between art and the bottom line.

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 quotes: Illusion is needed to disguise the emptiness within.

Illusion is needed to disguise the emptiness within.

Arthur Erickson quotes: Nearly all of the advances in structural and aesthetic innovation is coming from abroad.

Nearly all of the advances in structural and aesthetic innovation is coming from abroad.

Arthur Erickson quotes: The essentially unchangeable established order of things slowly disappeared and was forgotten for a while completely.

The essentially unchangeable established order of things slowly disappeared and was forgotten for a while completely.

Arthur Erickson quotes: Vitality is radiated from exceptional art and architecture.

Vitality is radiated from exceptional art and architecture.

Arthur Erickson quotes: Does an architecture to assuage the spirit have a place?

Does an architecture to assuage the spirit have a place?

Arthur Erickson quotes: It is the mystery of the creative act that something other than our conscious self takes over.

It is the mystery of the creative act that something other than our conscious self takes over.

Arthur Erickson quotes: The new architecture of transparency and lightness comes from Japan and Europe.

The new architecture of transparency and lightness comes from Japan and Europe.

Arthur Erickson quotes: Roman civilization had achieved, within the bounds of its technology, relatively as great a mastery of time and space as we have achieved today.

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 quotes: The great dream merchant Disney was a success because make-believe was what everyone seemed to need in a spiritually empty land.

The great dream merchant Disney was a success because make-believe was what everyone seemed to need in a spiritually empty land.

Arthur Erickson quotes: Great buildings that move the spirit have always been rare. In every case they are unique, poetic, products of the heart.

Great buildings that move the spirit have always been rare. In every case they are unique, poetic, products of the heart.

Arthur Erickson quotes: We find Japan a little more difficult to understand because it has proven its 20th century prowess though the ancient traditions still persist.

We find Japan a little more difficult to understand because it has proven its 20th century prowess though the ancient traditions still persist.

Arthur Erickson quotes: 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.

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.

Arthur Erickson quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Our incapacity to comprehend other cultures stems from our insistence on measuring things in our own terms.

Our incapacity to comprehend other cultures stems from our insistence on measuring things in our own terms.

Arthur Erickson quotes: Materialism has never been so ominous as now in North America, as management takes over.

Materialism has never been so ominous as now in North America, as management takes over.

Arthur Erickson quotes: Profit and bottom line, the contemporary mantra, eliminates the very source of architectural expression.

Profit and bottom line, the contemporary mantra, eliminates the very source of architectural expression.

Arthur Erickson quotes: 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.

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.

Arthur Erickson quotes: We are yet to have a conscience at all about the exploitation of human cultures.

We are yet to have a conscience at all about the exploitation of human cultures.

Arthur Erickson quotes: The heart, not the head, must be the guide.

The heart, not the head, must be the guide.

Arthur Erickson quotes: Our engineering departments build freeways which destroy a city or a landscape, in the process.

Our engineering departments build freeways which destroy a city or a landscape, in the process.

Arthur Erickson quotes: Rationalism is the enemy of art, though necessary as a basis for architecture.

Rationalism is the enemy of art, though necessary as a basis for architecture.

Arthur Erickson quotes: The way of architecture is the quiet voice that underlies it and has guided it from the beginning.

The way of architecture is the quiet voice that underlies it and has guided it from the beginning.

Arthur Erickson quotes: We have today a fairly thorough knowledge of the early Greco-Roman period because our motivations are the same.

We have today a fairly thorough knowledge of the early Greco-Roman period because our motivations are the same.

Arthur Erickson quotes: Nowhere has specialization penetrated so deeply into the building professions as North America.

Nowhere has specialization penetrated so deeply into the building professions as North America.

Arthur Erickson quotes: Western history has been a history of deed done, actions performed and results achieved.

Western history has been a history of deed done, actions performed and results achieved.

Arthur Erickson quotes: God's designs may be frequent justification for our actions, but it is we, the self-made men, who take the credit.

God's designs may be frequent justification for our actions, but it is we, the self-made men, who take the credit.

Arthur Erickson quotes: We settled this continent without art. So it was easy for us to treat it as an imported luxury, not a necessity.

We settled this continent without art. So it was easy for us to treat it as an imported luxury, not a necessity.

Arthur Erickson quotes: Our settlement of land is without regard to the best use of land.

Our settlement of land is without regard to the best use of land.

Arthur Erickson quotes: Our universities advocate fragmentation in their course systems.

Our universities advocate fragmentation in their course systems.

Arthur Erickson quotes: Builders eventually took advantage of the look of modernism to build cheaply and carelessly.

Builders eventually took advantage of the look of modernism to build cheaply and carelessly.

Arthur Erickson quotes: Only when inspired to go beyond consciousness by some extraordinary insight does beauty manifest unexpectedly.

Only when inspired to go beyond consciousness by some extraordinary insight does beauty manifest unexpectedly.

Arthur Erickson quotes: The Renaissance is studded by the names of the artists and architects, with their creations recorded as great historical events.

The Renaissance is studded by the names of the artists and architects, with their creations recorded as great historical events.

Arthur Erickson quotes: Architecture doesn't come from theory. You don't think your way through a building.

Architecture doesn't come from theory. You don't think your way through a building.

Arthur Erickson quotes: Compared to industry in Europe or Japan, where industry was based on a craft tradition, we are sadly behind.

Compared to industry in Europe or Japan, where industry was based on a craft tradition, we are sadly behind.

Arthur Erickson quotes: We are guilty for sending teams into foreign countries to advise them how to be like us.

We are guilty for sending teams into foreign countries to advise them how to be like us.

Arthur Erickson quotes: Whenever we witness art in a building, we are aware of an energy contained by it.

Whenever we witness art in a building, we are aware of an energy contained by it.

Arthur Erickson quotes: The Achilles Heel of the Americas was the lack of cultural confidence typical of new settlers.

The Achilles Heel of the Americas was the lack of cultural confidence typical of new settlers.

Arthur Erickson quotes: 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.

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.

Arthur Erickson quotes: There is a single thread of attitude, a single direction of flow, that joins our present time to its early burgeoning in Mediterranean 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.

Arthur Erickson quotes: You have to see a building to comprehend it. Photographs cannot convey the experience, nor film.

You have to see a building to comprehend it. Photographs cannot convey the experience, nor film.

Arthur Erickson quotes: No wonder the film industry started in the desert in California where, like all desert dwellers, they dream their buildings, rather than design them.

No wonder the film industry started in the desert in California where, like all desert dwellers, they dream their buildings, rather than design them.

Arthur Erickson quotes: With production alone as the goal, industry in North America was dominated by the assembly line, standardization for mass consumption.

With production alone as the goal, industry in North America was dominated by the assembly line, standardization for mass consumption.

Arthur Erickson quotes: No amount of thought can ever reveal what comes unexpectedly.

No amount of thought can ever reveal what comes unexpectedly.