We have today a fairly thorough knowledge of the early Greco-Roman period because our motivations are the same. Arthur Erickson Read Quote
We regard those other cultures, such as that of India, where many people live and believe and behave much as they did 1,000 or 2,000 years ago, as undeveloped. Arthur Erickson Read Quote
We settled this continent without art. So it was easy for us to treat it as an imported luxury, not a necessity. Arthur Erickson Read Quote
Western history has been a history of deed done, actions performed and results achieved. Arthur Erickson Read Quote
In those countries with centuries of a craft tradition behind their building methods, techniques are tightly coordinated under the direction of the architect. Arthur Erickson Read Quote
God’s designs may be frequent justification for our actions, but it is we, the self-made men, who take the credit. Arthur Erickson Read Quote
Inspiration in Science may have to do with ideas, but not in Art. In art it is in the senses that are instinctively responsive to the medium of expression. Arthur Erickson Read Quote
It is the mystery of the creative act that something other than our conscious self takes over. Arthur Erickson Read Quote
Nearly all of the advances in structural and aesthetic innovation is coming from abroad. Arthur Erickson Read Quote
No wonder the film industry started in the desert in California where, like all desert dwellers, they dream their buildings, rather than design them. Arthur Erickson Read Quote
