Arthur Erickson Quotes About Architecture

Quotes about: Architecture

• 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.

  Arthur Erickson

  Spiritual, Moving, Space

  As quoted in "The Ultimate Book of Quotations edited by Joseph Demakis" by Joseph Demakis, (p. 13), 2012.

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

  Arthur Erickson

  Artist, Thinking, Way

  Speech to McGill University School of Architecture, www.arthurerickson.com. October 21, 2000.

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

  Arthur Erickson

  Badass, Moving, Heart

  Speech to McGill University School of Architecture, www.arthurerickson.com. October 21, 2000.

• Vitality is radiated from exceptional art and architecture.

  Arthur Erickson

  Art, Light, Energy

  Speech to McGill University School of Architecture, www.arthurerickson.com. October 21, 2000.

• We are stymied by regulations, limited choice and the threat of litigation. Neither consultants nor industry itself provide research which takes architecture forward.

  Arthur Erickson

  Artist, Choices, Research

• 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.

  Arthur Erickson

  Entrepreneur, Today, Lasts

  Arthur Erickson's Speech to McGill University School of Architecture, www.arthurerickson.com. October 21, 2000.

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

  Arthur Erickson

  Art, Enemy, Architecture

  Speech to McGill University School of Architecture, www.arthurerickson.com. October 21, 2000.

• 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

  Art, Expression, Design

  Arthur Erickson's Speech to McGill University School of Architecture, www.arthurerickson.com. October 21, 2000.

• The new architecture of transparency and lightness comes from Japan and Europe.

  Arthur Erickson

  Artist, Japan, Europe

  Speech to McGill University School of Architecture, www.arthurerickson.com. October 21, 2000.

• 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.

  Arthur Erickson

  Doe, Spirit, Architecture

  Speech to McGill University School of Architecture, www.arthurerickson.com. October 21, 2000.

• The way of architecture is the quiet voice that underlies it and has guided it from the beginning.

  Arthur Erickson

  Artist, Quiet Voice, Way

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