Quotes by : Arthur Erickson

After 1980, you never heard reference to space again. Surface, the most convincing evidence of the descent....

Part of our western outlook stems from the scientific attitude and its method of isolating the parts....

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

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

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

Rationalism is the enemy of art, though necessary as a basis for architecture.

Vitality is radiated from exceptional art and architecture.

Space has always been the spiritual dimension of architecture. It is not the physical statement of the....

There is a single thread of attitude, a single direction of flow, that joins our present time to its....

The way of architecture is the quiet voice that underlies it and has guided it from the beginning.