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"This land, this water, this air, this planet - this is our legacy to our young."

"The next summer, 1794, corn grew dear, and distress began in our land."

"They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea."

"While waiting for a Moses to lead us into the promised land, we have forgotten how to walk."

"In the land of my birth I cannot vote, whereas a young person of eighteen can vote. And why? Because he or she possesses that wonderful biological attribute - a white skin."
Explore more quotes by Arthur Erickson

"We are stymied by regulations, limited choice and the threat of litigation. Neither consultants nor industry itself provide research which takes architecture forward."

"The way of architecture is the quiet voice that underlies it and has guided it from the beginning."

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

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

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

"Rationalism is the enemy of art, though necessary as a basis for architecture."

"Nearly all of the advances in structural and aesthetic innovation is coming from abroad."

"Materialism has never been so ominous as now in North America, as management takes over."
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