Rationalism is the enemy of art, though... | Arthur Erickson

Architecture

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

- Arthur Erickson

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Act

It is the mystery of the creative act that something other than our conscious self takes over.

- Arthur Erickson

Success

The great dream merchant Disney was a success because make-believe was what everyone seemed to need in a spiritually empty land.

- Arthur Erickson

Art People

Builders eventually took advantage of the look of modernism to build cheaply and carelessly.

- Arthur Erickson

Art

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

Expression

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

- Arthur Erickson

Management Now

Materialism has never been so ominous as now in North America, as management takes over.

- Arthur Erickson

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