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Arthur Erickson
Age: 84 †
Born: 1924
Born: June 14
Died: 2009
Died: May 20
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Vancouver
British Columbia
Arthur Charles Erickson
Arthur C. Erickson
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Materialism has never been so ominous as now in North America, as management takes over.
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With production alone as the goal, industry in North America was dominated by the assembly line, standardization for mass consumption.
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Rationalism is the enemy of art, though necessary as a basis for architecture.
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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.
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Does an architecture to assuage the spirit have a place in all this? Unfortunately we are no longer the interpreters of our culture's myths but the followers of that dubious client, the developer, who has little patience with the art of architecture, the fine detail and obscure promise, which can upset his financial activity.
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We find Japan a little more difficult to understand because it has proven its 20th century prowess though the ancient traditions still persist.
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There is a single thread of attitude, a single direction of flow, that joins our present time to it's early burgeoning in Mediterranean civilization...
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God's designs may be frequent justification for our actions, but it is we, the self-made men, who take the credit.
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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.
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The innovative spirit was America's strongest attribute, transforming everything into a brave new world, but there lingered an insecurity about the arts.
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The obsession with performance left no room for the development of the intuitive or spiritual impact of space and form other than the aesthetic of the machine itself.
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Life is rich, always changing, always challenging, and we architects have the task of transmitting into wood, concrete, glass and steel, of transforming human aspirations into habitable and meaningful space.
Arthur Erickson
Nearly all of the advances in structural and aesthetic innovation is coming from abroad.
Arthur Erickson
You have to see a building to comprehend it. Photographs cannot convey the experience, nor film.
Arthur Erickson
Our settlement of land is without regard to the best use of land.
Arthur Erickson
We are yet to have a conscience at all about the exploitation of human cultures.
Arthur Erickson
Profit and bottom line, the contemporary mantra, eliminates the very source of architectural expression.
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.
Arthur Erickson
No wonder the film industry started in the desert in California where, like all desert dwellers, they dream their buildings, rather than design them.
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