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. Arthur Erickson Architecture
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. Arthur Erickson Space
We are stymied by regulations, limited choice and the threat of litigation. Neither consultants nor industry itself provide research which takes architecture forward. Arthur Erickson Architecture
Great buildings that move the spirit have always been rare. In every case they are unique, poetic, products of the heart. Arthur Erickson Architecture
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. Arthur Erickson Architecture
Modernism released us from the constraints of everything that had gone before with a euphoric sense of freedom. Arthur Erickson Freedom
Architecture doesn't come from theory. You don't think your way through a building. Arthur Erickson Architecture
The new architecture of transparency and lightness comes from Japan and Europe. Arthur Erickson Architecture
Rationalism is the enemy of art, though necessary as a basis for architecture. Arthur Erickson Architecture
There is a single thread of attitude, a single direction of flow, that joins our present time to its early burgeoning in Mediterranean civilization. Arthur Erickson Attitude
Whenever we witness art in a building, we are aware of an energy contained by it. Arthur Erickson Architecture
The details are the very source of expression in architecture. But we are caught in a vice between art and the bottom line. Arthur Erickson Architecture
Part of our western outlook stems from the scientific attitude and its method of isolating the parts of a phenomenon in order to analyze them. Arthur Erickson Attitude
The way of architecture is the quiet voice that underlies it and has guided it from the beginning. Arthur Erickson Architecture