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Illusion is needed to disguise the emptiness within.

~Arthur Erickson

Topics: Disguise Emptiness Illusion Needed Within

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

~Arthur Erickson

Topics: Beauty Beyond Consciousness Does Extraordinary Go Insight Inspired Manifest Only Some Unexpectedly

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

~Arthur Erickson

Topics: Alone America Assembly Assembly Line Consumption Dominated Goal Industry Line Mass North North America Production Standardization

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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.

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Topics: Always Architecture Been Contains Dimension Moves Much Physical Space Spiritual Statement Structure Us

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Modernism released us from the constraints of everything that had gone before with a euphoric sense of freedom.

~Arthur Erickson

Topics: Before Constraints Everything Freedom Gone Had Modernism Released Sense Us

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

~Arthur Erickson

Topics: Always Been Buildings Case Every Great Heart Move Poetic Products Rare Spirit Unique

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No amount of thought can ever reveal what comes unexpectedly.

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Topics: Amount Ever Reveal Thought Unexpectedly

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The essentially unchangeable established order of things slowly disappeared and was forgotten for a while completely.

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Topics: Disappeared Essentially Established Forgotten Order Slowly Things Unchangeable While

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Ancient Rome was as confident of the immutability of its world and the continual expansion and improvement of the human lot as we are today.

~Arthur Erickson

Topics: Ancient Ancient Rome Confident Expansion Human Improvement Lot Rome Today World

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

~Arthur Erickson

Topics: Architecture Building Come Theory Think Through Way You Your

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Biography

Nationality: Canadian

Type: Architect

Born: June 14th, 1924

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