73 Quotes by 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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

The delusion of entertainment is devoid of meaning. It may amuse us for a bit, but after the initial hit we are left with the dark feeling of desolation.