Arthur Erickson

No phenomenon can be isolated, but has repercussions through every aspect of our lives. We are learning that we are a fundamental part of nature's ecosystems.

Only when inspired to go beyond consciousness by some extraordinary insight does beauty manifest unexpectedly.

Nearly all of the advances in structural and aesthetic innovation is coming from abroad.

In those countries with centuries of a craft tradition behind their building methods, techniques are tightly coordinated under the direction of the architect.

With production alone as the goal, industry in North America was dominated by the assembly line, standardization for mass consumption.

Whenever we witness art in a building, we are aware of an energy contained by it.

We can appreciate but not really understand the medieval town. We cannot comprehend its compactness, the contiguity of all its buildings as a single uninterrupted whole.

Nowhere has specialization penetrated so deeply into the building professions as North America.

Great buildings that move the spirit have always been rare. In every case they are unique, poetic, products of the heart.

Architecture doesn't come from theory. You don't think your way through a building.

No wonder the film industry started in the desert in California where, like all desert dwellers, they dream their buildings, rather than design them.

Does an architecture to assuage the spirit have a place?