Quotes by Arthur Erickson

"Vitality is radiated from exceptional art and architecture."

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

"We are stymied by regulations, limited choice and the threat of litigation. Neither consultants nor industry itself provide research which takes architecture forward."

"Vitality is radiated from exceptional art and architecture."

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

"The new architecture of transparency and lightness comes from Japan and Europe."

"Does an architecture to assuage the spirit have a place?"

"Architecture doesn't come from theory. You don't think your way through a building."

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

"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."

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

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

"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."

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