We have today a fairly thorough knowledge of the early Greco-Roman period because our motivations are the same. – Arthur Erickson
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
The details are the very source of expression in architecture. But we are caught in a vice between art and the bottom line. – Arthur Erickson
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. – Arthur Erickson