"Western history has been a history of deed done, actions performed and results achieved." ― Arthur Erickson Topic(s): History Tags: history, western More From Arthur Erickson "Part of our western outlook stems from the scientific attitude and its method of isolating the parts of a phenomenon in order to analyze them." "After 1980, you never heard reference to space again. Surface, the most convincing evidence of the descent into materialism, became the focus of design. Space disappeared." "We are stymied by regulations, limited choice and the threat of litigation. Neither consultants nor industry itself provide research which takes architecture forward." More In History "History is littered with wars which everybody knew would never happen."― Enoch Powell "Who has fully realized that history is not contained in thick books but lives in our very blood?"― Carl Jung "If you listen to Giuliani, it’s like nobody did anything to improve the city except him. I’m not part of the history. Bloomberg’s not part of the history. It’s like, he did it. He’s the only one. That’s why he’s a little crazy."― Ed Koch