Famous Quotes

"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."

Arthur Erickson on Nature

More quotes about Nature

• "Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises."

  Pedro Calderon de la Barca on Nature

• "And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom."

  Anais Nin on Nature

• "Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better."

  Albert Einstein on Nature

• "I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes."

  e. e. cummings on Nature

• "All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind."

  Abraham Lincoln on Nature

More quotes by Arthur Erickson

• "With production alone as the goal, industry in North America was dominated by the assembly line, standardization for mass consumption."

• "Space has always been the spiritual dimension of architecture. It is not the physical statement of the structure so much as what it contains that moves us."

• "Great buildings that move the spirit have always been rare. In every case they are unique, poetic, products of the heart."

• "The details are the very source of expression in architecture. But we are caught in a vice between art and the bottom line."

• "Today'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."