Arthur Erickson Quotes About Culture

Quotes about: Culture

• We regard those other cultures such as that of India, where many people live and believe and behave much as they did 1000 or 2000 years ago - as "undeveloped".

  Arthur Erickson

  Believe, Artist, Years

  Arthur Erickson's Address to the Institute of Canadian Bankers, www.arthurerickson.com. October 16, 1972.

• 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.

  Arthur Erickson

  Artist, Culture, World

  "Atheists, Agnostics, Progressive Minds: Busy Bacteria on A Speck of Dust". Book by John D. Cannon, September 29, 2010.

• Our incapacity to comprehend other cultures stems from our insistence on measuring things in our own terms.

  Arthur Erickson

  Artist, Other Cultures, Incapacity

• Tahiti has been spoiled for many years, but Bali is one of the few cultures with origins in one of the great ancient cultures which is still alive.

  Arthur Erickson

  Years, Culture, Alive

• We are yet to have a conscience at all about the exploitation of human cultures.

  Arthur Erickson

  Artist, Culture, Exploitation

  Arthur Erickson's Address to the Institute of Canadian Bankers, www.arthurerickson.com. October 16, 1972.

• 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.

  Arthur Erickson

  Bankers, Culture, May

• 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.

  Arthur Erickson

  Artist, Other Cultures, Conservation

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