Arthur Erickson Quotes

Does an architecture to assuage the spirit have a place?

Arthur Erickson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: architect
  • Nationality: canadian
  • Birth: June 14, 1924 - May 20, 2009

Topics

ArchitecturePlaceSpiritDoes

I'm the most un-diva-ish person you'll meet. I'm never rude to people and I am always on time.

Jessie J

TimeI AmPeopleYouPersonMeet

Of what value is a mind when placed in the brain of a coward? If mind is a gift of God to man for his use, let him use it. A mind is not in use when doing no good.

Andrew Taylor Still

GoodGodManValueMindBrain

Dragons and bridges are very much something out of fairy tales and fantasy.

John Howe

BridgesFantasyFairyOutSomething

I'm a performer. I'm pretending to be someone else. I'm not putting my own self into the show every night.

Steve Kazee

NightSelfSomeoneMy OwnPretending

One difference between poetry and lyrics is that lyrics sort of fade into the background. They fade on the page and live on the stage when set to music.

Stephen Sondheim

LiveMusicPoetryPageFadeStage

As a comedian, I'm forced to have a tough skin. Until people laugh, they are detractors. You walk into a new audience where nobody knows you, they go: 'Make us laugh. Show us what you're made of. Prove why we should be listening to you.'

Trevor Noah

WalkPeopleListeningToughLaugh

There's the fatigue that you have to forget about, because the red curtain still has to rise.

Mireille Mathieu

RedYouRiseForgetBecauseFatigue

Perfectionism is not a quest for the best. It is a pursuit of the worst in ourselves, the part that tells us that nothing we do will ever be good enough - that we should try again.

Julia Cameron

GoodBestEnoughNothingWorstTry

Compared to what comics say today, I'm a monk, but in those days, it was unheard of to make fun of people like I did. Of course, they exaggerated how outrageous I really was.

Don Rickles

TodayFunPeopleSayDaysMonk

Everyone is like a butterfly, they start out ugly and awkward and then morph into beautiful graceful butterflies that everyone loves.

Drew Barrymore

BeautifulButterflyUglyStartOut

The hardest thing is to go to sleep at night, when there are so many urgent things needing to be done. A huge gap exists between what we know is possible with today's machines and what we have so far been able to finish.

Donald Knuth

TodaySleepNightGoKnowPossible

I love musicians. I think artists are the most amazing people because they're constantly creating beauty for the world. With all the crazy stuff going on in the world, then there's artists reminding us of our humanity and reminding us of our heart and soul and what really matters.

Christie Brinkley

LoveBeautyHeartSoulPeopleCrazy

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