Author: 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

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

Does an architecture to assuage the spirit have a place?

Does an architecture to assuage the spirit have a place?

- Arthur Erickson

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

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

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

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

Space has always been the spiritual dimension of architecture. It is not the physical statement of the structure so much as what it contains that moves us.

Space has always been the spiritual dimension of architecture. It is not the physical statement of the structure so much as what it contains that moves us.

- Arthur Erickson

No phenomenon can be isolated, but has repercussions through every aspect of our lives. We are learning that we are a fundamental part of nature's ecosystems.

No phenomenon can be isolated, but has repercussions through every aspect of our lives. We are learning that we are a fundamental part of nature's ecosystems.

- Arthur Erickson

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