Quote by Arthur Erickson
Rationalism is the enemy of art, though necessary as a basis for a

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

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This great, though disastrous, culture can only change as we begin to stand off and see… the inveterate materialism which has become the model for cultures around the world. – Arthur Erickson

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Change
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No phenomenon can be isolated, but has repercussions through every aspect of our lives. We are learning that we are a fundamental part of natures ecosystems. – Arthur Erickson

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Learning
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I plead for conservation of human culture, which is much more fragile than nature herself. We neednt destroy other cultures with the force of our own. – Arthur Erickson

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Nature
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The organizational architecture is really that a centipede walks on hundred legs and one or two dont count. So if I lose one or two legs, the process will go on, the organization will go on, the growth will go on. – Mukesh Ambani

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architecture

The work of art shows people new directions and thinks of the future. The house thinks of the present. – Adolf Loos

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architecture

Architecture is inhabited sculpture. – Constantin Brancusi

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architecture

Color in certain places has the great value of making the outlines and structural planes seem more energetic. – Antonio Gaudi

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architecture

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So our human life but dies down to its root, and still puts forth its green blade to eternity. – Henry David Thoreau, Walden

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Gluttony and surfeiting are no proper occasions for thanksgiving. – Charles Lamb, 1821

All men by nature desire knowledge. – Aristotle

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History does not teach fatalism. There are moments when the will of a handful of free men breaks through determinism and opens up new roads. – Charles de Gaulle

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