Arthur Erickson Quotes

Canadian - Architect | June 14, 1924 - May 20, 2009

The Achilles Heel of the Americas was the lack of cultural confidence typical of new settlers.

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The artist likes to seem totally responsible for his work. Often he begins to explain it, to make it appear as if it were a reasonable process.

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The delusion of entertainment is devoid of meaning. It may amuse us for a bit, but after the initial hit we are left with the dark feeling of desolation.

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MeaningFeelingDarkEntertainment

The essentially unchangeable established order of things slowly disappeared and was forgotten for a while completely.

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

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HeartHeadMustGuide

The innovative spirit was America's strongest attribute, transforming everything into a brave new world, but there lingered an insecurity about the arts.

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BraveInsecurityWorldAmericaNew

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

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The obsession with performance left no room for the development of the intuitive or spiritual impact of space and form other than the aesthetic of the machine itself.

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The Renaissance is studded by the names of the artists and architects, with their creations recorded as great historical events.

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The tourist transports his own values and demands to his destinations and implants them like an infectious disease, decimating whatever values existed before.

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ValuesWhateverOwnTouristDisease

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

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There is a single thread of attitude, a single direction of flow, that joins our present time to its early burgeoning in Mediterranean civilization.

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