Arthur Erickson Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“It is the mystery of the creative act that something other than our conscious self takes over.”

“The heart, not the head, must be the guide.”

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

“Nearly all of the advances in structural and aesthetic innovation is coming from abroad.”

“No wonder the film industry started in the desert in California where, like all desert dwellers, they dream their buildings, rather than design them.”

“We find Japan a little more difficult to understand because it has proven its 20th century prowess though the ancient traditions still persist.”

“Today's developer is a poor substitute for the committed entrepreneur of the last century for whom the work of architecture represented a chance to celebrate the worth of his enterprise.”

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

“Our engineering departments build freeways which destroy a city or a landscape, in the process.”

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