73 Quotes by Arthur Erickson

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

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.

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

In those countries with centuries of a craft tradition behind their building methods, techniques are tightly coordinated under the direction of the architect.

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

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

Vitality is radiated from exceptional art and architecture.

The innovative spirit was America's strongest attribute, transforming everything into a brave new world, but there lingered an insecurity about the arts.

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