Arthur Erickson

There is little doubt that we are in the midst of a revolution of a much more profound and fundamental nature than the social and political revolutions of the last half century. ”

I plead for conservation of human culture, which is much more fragile than nature herself. We needn't destroy other cultures with the force of our own. ”

We are stymied by regulations, limited choice and the threat of litigation. Neither consultants nor industry itself provide research which takes architecture forward. ”

We have today a fairly thorough knowledge of the early Greco-Roman period because our motivations are the same. ”

Our universities advocate fragmentation in their course systems. ”

We are yet to have a conscience at all about the exploitation of human cultures. ”

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. ”

The Achilles Heel of the Americas was the lack of cultural confidence typical of new settlers. ”

Bankers cannot afford to be concerned with only the economic aspects of projects. There may be serious implications on the natural environment, the urban environment, on human culture. ”

Roman civilization had achieved, within the bounds of its technology, relatively as great a mastery of time and space as we have achieved today. ”