We are guilty for sending teams into foreign countries to advise them how to be like us.

Quote by Arthur Erickson

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

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

Our incapacity to comprehend other cultures stems from our insistence on measuring things in our...

Our incapacity to comprehend other cultures stems from our insistence on measuring things in our...

It is the mystery of the creative act that something other than our conscious self...

It is the mystery of the creative act that something other than our conscious self...

We regard those other cultures, such as that of India, where many people live and...

We regard those other cultures, such as that of India, where many people live and...

Only when inspired to go beyond consciousness by some extraordinary insight does beauty manifest unexpectedly.

Only when inspired to go beyond consciousness by some extraordinary insight does beauty manifest unexpectedly.

The heart, not the head, must be the guide.

The heart, not the head, must be the guide.

The essentially unchangeable established order of things slowly disappeared and was forgotten for a while...

The essentially unchangeable established order of things slowly disappeared and was forgotten for a while...

Great buildings that move the spirit have always been rare. In every case they are...

Great buildings that move the spirit have always been rare. In every case they are...

What is the thread of western civilization that distinguished its course in history? It has...

What is the thread of western civilization that distinguished its course in history? It has...

The Renaissance is studded by the names of the artists and architects, with their creations...

The Renaissance is studded by the names of the artists and architects, with their creations...

Part of our western outlook stems from the scientific attitude and its method of isolating...

Part of our western outlook stems from the scientific attitude and its method of isolating...

You have to see a building to comprehend it. Photographs cannot convey the experience, nor...

You have to see a building to comprehend it. Photographs cannot convey the experience, nor...

Space has always been the spiritual dimension of architecture. It is not the physical statement...

Space has always been the spiritual dimension of architecture. It is not the physical statement...

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

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

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

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

Architecture doesn't come from theory. You don't think your way through a building.

Architecture doesn't come from theory. You don't think your way through a building.

No wonder the film industry started in the desert in California where, like all desert...

No wonder the film industry started in the desert in California where, like all desert...

Bankers cannot afford to be concerned with only the economic aspects of projects. There may...

Bankers cannot afford to be concerned with only the economic aspects of projects. There may...

The neighborhood stores are an important part of a city child's life.

The neighborhood stores are an important part of a city child's life.

I don't know if it matters what country you're from, size of the city you're...

I don't know if it matters what country you're from, size of the city you're...