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
artist culture exploitation
We are yet to have a conscience at all about the exploitation of human cultures.
artist other-cultures incapacity
Our incapacity to comprehend other cultures stems from our insistence on measuring things in our own terms.
culture may serious
Bankers cannot afford to be concerned with only the economic aspects of projects. There may be serious implications on the natural environment, the urban environment, on human culture.
artist other-cultures conservation
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.
artist world culture
This great, though disastrous, culture can only change as we begin to stand off and see... the inveterate materialism which has become the model for cultures around the world.
doe inspired consciousness
Only when inspired to go beyond consciousness by some extraordinary insight does beauty manifest unexpectedly.
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.
artist order forgotten
The essentially unchangeable established order of things slowly disappeared and was forgotten for a while completely.
artist japan europe
The new architecture of transparency and lightness comes from Japan and Europe.
country team guilty
We are guilty for sending teams into foreign countries to advise them how to be like us.
advocating university fragmentation
Our universities advocate fragmentation in their course systems.
america building profession
Nowhere has specialization penetrated so deeply into the building professions as North America.
art enemy architecture
Rationalism is the enemy of art, though necessary as a basis for architecture.
art expression design
The details are the very source of expression in architecture. But we are caught in a vice between art and the bottom line.