Arthur Erickson Art Quotations

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

Whenever we witness art in a building, we are aware of an energy contained by it.

The details are the very source of expression in architecture. But we are caught in a vice between art and the bottom line.

Vitality is radiated from exceptional art and architecture.

The innovative spirit was America's strongest attribute, transforming everything into a brave new world, but there lingered an insecurity about the arts.

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.

We settled this continent without art. So it was easy for us to treat it as an imported luxury, not a necessity.