Urbanism Quotes

“The city is not a tree.”

“The nature of a city is that it is always changing.”

“I have a vision of the future, chum. The workers' flats in fields of soya beans tower up like silver pencils, score on score.”

“A city is not gauged by its length and width, but by the broadness of its vision and the height of its dreams.”

“A city has to be a place where you can be a little bit crazy.”

“What cities are doing is providing the platform for growth and the platform for renewal, and they are not waiting for Washington to tell them what to do.”

“A city made for speed is made for success.”

“A man is a city, a city is a man.”

“The city is a landscape, and we are its explorers.”

“An African town is a melting pot of peoples, but it is a melting pot that does not melt.”

“The shopping mall is the last great civic space.”

“The city was a vast physiological organism, its metabolism dictated by the sheer pressure of numbers.”

“Cities are the crucible of civilization.”

“Come, friendly bombs and fall on Slough! It isn't fit for humans now.”

“A city is a crazy quilt of moments, scenes, and people.”

“The future of America is inextricably linked to the future of its cities.”

“No city should be too large for a man to walk out of in a morning.”

“The city is not a problem to be solved; it is a reality to be lived.”

“The city is a body.”

“By definition, the big city has no exterior.”