Ancient Rome was as confident of the immutability of its world and the continual expansion and improvement of the human lot as we are today.
Arthur EricksonNo wonder the film industry started in the desert in California where, like all desert dwellers, they dream their buildings, rather than design them.
Arthur EricksonWe are guilty for sending teams into foreign countries to advise them how to be like us.
Arthur EricksonToday'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 EricksonDoes 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