Arthur Erickson
Arthur Erickson
Arthur Charles Erickson, CCwas a Canadian architect and urban planner. He studied Asian languages at the University of British Columbia, and later earned a degree in architecture from McGill University...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionArchitect
Date of Birth14 June 1924
CountryCanada
Arthur Erickson quotes about
thinking artist way
Architecture doesn't come from theory. You don't think your way through a building.
spiritual moving space
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.
amount
No amount of thought can ever reveal what comes unexpectedly.
land use settlement
Our settlement of land is without regard to the best use of land.
attitude artist gdp
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.
men civilization thread
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.
technology artist civilization
Roman civilization had achieved, within the bounds of its technology, relatively as great a mastery of time and space as we have achieved today.
years alive tahiti
Tahiti has been spoiled for many years, but Bali is one of the few cultures with origins in one of the great ancient cultures which is still alive.
doe architecture spirit
Does an architecture to assuage the spirit have a place?
artist high-heels typical
The Achilles Heel of the Americas was the lack of cultural confidence typical of new settlers.
america building profession
Nowhere has specialization penetrated so deeply into the building professions as North America.
entrepreneur today lasts
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.
art brave-new-world america
The innovative spirit was America's strongest attribute, transforming everything into a brave new world, but there lingered an insecurity about the arts.
criminal-mind emptiness illusion
Illusion is needed to disguise the emptiness within.