"Vitality is radiated from exceptional art and architecture." ― Arthur Erickson Topic(s): Architecture Tags: exceptional, radiated, vitality More From Arthur Erickson "Whenever we witness art in a building, we are aware of an energy contained by it." "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." "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." More In Architecture "Does it follow that the house has nothing in common with art and is architecture not to be included in the arts? Only a very small part of architecture belongs to art: the tomb and the monument. Everything else that fulfils a function is to be excluded from the domain of art."― Adolf Loos "Georgian architecture respected the scale of both the individual and the community."― Stephen Gardiner "The same sort of thing happened in my dispute with the National Trust book: Follies: A National Trust Guide, which implied that the only pleasure you can get from Folly architecture is by calling the architect mad, and by laughing at the architecture."― Ian Hamilton Finlay