The innovative spirit was America’s strongest attribute, transforming everything into a brave — Arthur Erickson
Architecture doesn’t come from theory. You don’t think your way through a building. — Arthur Erickson
Builders eventually took advantage of the look of modernism to build cheaply and carelessly. — Arthur Erickson
Compared to industry in europe or japan, where industry was based on a craft tradition, we are sadly behind. — Arthur Erickson
God’s designs may be frequent justification for our actions, but it is we, the self-made men, who take the credit. — Arthur Erickson
In those countries with centuries of a craft tradition behind their building methods — Arthur Erickson
In art it is in the senses that are instinctively responsive to the medium of expression. — Arthur Erickson
It is the mystery of the creative act that something other than our conscious self takes over. — Arthur Erickson
Materialism has never been so ominous as now in north america, as management takes over. — Arthur Erickson
Modernism released us from the constraints of everything that had gone before with a euphoric sense of freedom. — Arthur Erickson
Nearly all of the advances in structural and aesthetic innovation is coming from abroad. — Arthur Erickson
Nowhere has specialization penetrated so deeply into the building professions as north america. — Arthur Erickson
Only when inspired to go beyond consciousness by some extraordinary insight does beauty manifest unexpectedly. — Arthur Erickson
Our engineering departments build freeways which destroy a city or a landscape, in the process. — Arthur Erickson
Our incapacity to comprehend other cultures stems from our insistence on measuring things in our own terms. — Arthur Erickson
Profit and bottom line, the contemporary mantra, eliminates the very source of architectural expression. — Arthur Erickson