Arthur Erickson
Found 16 thoughts of Arthur Erickson
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.
Arthur Erickson
We are stymied by regulations, limited choice and the threat of litigation. Neither consultants nor industry itself provide research which takes architecture forward.
Arthur Erickson
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
Architecture doesn't come from theory. You don't think your way through a building.
Arthur Erickson
The great dream merchant Disney was a success because make-believe was what everyone seemed to need in a spiritually empty land.
Arthur Erickson
Vitality is radiated from exceptional art and architecture.
Arthur Erickson
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
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 way of architecture is the quiet voice that underlies it and has guided it from the beginning.
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.
Arthur Erickson
The Achilles Heel of the Americas was the lack of cultural confidence typical of new settlers.
Arthur Erickson
The essentially unchangeable established order of things slowly disappeared and was forgotten for a while completely.
Arthur Erickson
We are guilty for sending teams into foreign countries to advise them how to be like us.
Arthur Erickson
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.
Arthur Erickson
