The great dream merchant Disney was a success because make-believe was what everyone seemed to need in a spiritually empty land.
From Arthur Erickson
Modernism released us from the constraints of everything that had gone before with a euphoric sense of freedom.
No phenomenon can be isolated, but has repercussions through every aspect of our lives. We are learning that we are a fundamental part of nature's ecosystems.
Our incapacity to comprehend other cultures stems from our insistence on measuring things in our own terms.
What is the thread of western civilization that distinguished its course in history? It has to do with the preoccupation of western man with his outward command and his sense of superiority.
You have to see a building to comprehend it. Photographs cannot convey the experience, nor film.
In those countries with centuries of a craft tradition behind their building methods, techniques are tightly coordinated under the direction of the architect.
We are stymied by regulations, limited choice and the threat of litigation. Neither consultants nor industry itself provide research which takes architecture forward.
We can appreciate but not really understand the medieval town. We cannot comprehend its compactness, the contiguity of all its buildings as a single uninterrupted whole.
The innovative spirit was America's strongest attribute, transforming everything into a brave new world, but there lingered an insecurity about the arts.
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