Famous Quotes

"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 on History

More quotes about History

• "Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

  Confucius on History

• "The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew."

  Abraham Lincoln on History

• "A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history."

  Mahatma Gandhi on History

• "The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little."

  Franklin D. Roosevelt on History

• "I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past."

  Thomas Jefferson on History

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."