After 1980, you never heard reference to space again. Surface, the most convincing evidence of the descent into materialism, became the focus of design. Space disappeared. Arthur Erickson on design
No wonder the film industry started in the desert in California where, like all desert dwellers, they dream their buildings, rather than design them. Arthur Erickson on design
You have to see a building to comprehend it. Photographs cannot convey the experience, nor film. Arthur Erickson on experience
Modernism released us from the constraints of everything that had gone before with a euphoric sense of freedom. Arthur Erickson on freedom
Western history has been a history of deed done, actions performed and results achieved. Arthur Erickson on history
What is the thread of western civilization that distinguished its course in history? It has to do with the preoccupation of western man with his outward command and his sense of superiority. Arthur Erickson on history
We have today a fairly thorough knowledge of the early Greco-Roman period because our motivations are the same. Arthur Erickson on knowledge
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 on learning
I plead for conservation of human culture, which is much more fragile than nature herself. We needn't destroy other cultures with the force of our own. Arthur Erickson on nature
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 on nature
There is little doubt that we are in the midst of a revolution of a much more profound and fundamental nature than the social and political revolutions of the last half century. Arthur Erickson on nature
Inspiration in Science may have to do with ideas, but not in Art. In art it is in the senses that are instinctively responsive to the medium of expression. Arthur Erickson on science
The great dream merchant Disney was a success because make-believe was what everyone seemed to need in a spiritually empty land. Arthur Erickson on success
Roman civilization had achieved, within the bounds of its technology, relatively as great a mastery of time and space as we have achieved today. Arthur Erickson on technology