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

#choice #consultants #forward #industry #itself

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

— Arthur Erickson

#conscience #cultures #exploitation #human #yet

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. ↗

— Arthur Erickson

#buildings #cannot #comprehend #medieval #really

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

#ancient #because #century #difficult #find

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

— Arthur Erickson

#early #fairly #knowledge #motivations #our

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. ↗

— Arthur Erickson

#behave #believe #cultures #did #india

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

— Arthur Erickson

#continent #easy #imported #luxury #necessity

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

— Arthur Erickson

#actions #been #deed #done #history

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. ↗

— Arthur Erickson

#command #course #distinguished #his #history

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

— Arthur Erickson

#aware #building #contained #energy #whenever