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Our settlement of land is without regard to the best use of land.

~Arthur Erickson

Topics: Best Land Our Regard Settlement Use Without

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Our universities advocate fragmentation in their course systems.

~Arthur Erickson

Topics: Advocate Course Our Systems Universities

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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

Topics: Analyze Attitude Method Order Our Outlook Part Parts Phenomenon Scientific Stems Them Western

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Profit and bottom line, the contemporary mantra, eliminates the very source of architectural expression.

~Arthur Erickson

Topics: Architectural Bottom Bottom Line Contemporary Expression Line Mantra Profit Source Very

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Rationalism is the enemy of art, though necessary as a basis for architecture.

~Arthur Erickson

Topics: Architecture Art Basis Enemy Necessary Rationalism Though

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Roman civilization had achieved, within the bounds of its technology, relatively as great a mastery of time and space as we have achieved today.

~Arthur Erickson

Topics: Achieved Bounds Civilization Great Had Mastery Relatively Roman Space Technology Time Time And Space Today Within

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The Achilles Heel of the Americas was the lack of cultural confidence typical of new settlers.

~Arthur Erickson

Topics: Achilles Achilles Heel Confidence Cultural Heel Lack New Settlers Typical

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The artist likes to seem totally responsible for his work. Often he begins to explain it, to make it appear as if it were a reasonable process.

~Arthur Erickson

Topics: Appear Artist Begins Explain He His Likes Make Often Process Reasonable Responsible Seem Totally Were Work

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The delusion of entertainment is devoid of meaning. It may amuse us for a bit, but after the initial hit we are left with the dark feeling of desolation.

~Arthur Erickson

Topics: After Amuse Bit Dark Delusion Desolation Devoid Entertainment Feeling Hit Initial Left May Meaning Us

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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

Topics: Architecture Art Between Bottom Bottom Line Caught Details Expression Line Source Very Vice

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Biography

Nationality: Canadian

Type: Architect

Born: June 14th, 1924

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