If you look at the entrance halls of the skyscrapers of the 1920s and 1930s, they are very welcoming. They are public… — Joseph Rykwert Copy Share Image
From stoplights to skyscrapers, turn anywhere in civilization and you will see imagination at work. It's in our inventions, advances and remedies… — Geoffrey S. Fletcher Copy Share Image
“Skyscrapers! Unhealthy ugly giants! To live and work as close as to the land is a blessing! Remember, you are not a… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
I'm amazed every time I come back to Vancouver at how much it's changed. You go away for a month and there's… — Bryan Adams Copy Share Image
I remember perfectly my first trip to New York, when I was on the bridge between Brooklyn and Manhattan, when I saw… — Diego Della Valle Copy Share Image
Asia is still dominated by skyscrapers. I hope that, in European cities, it will become a declining trend. They were almost never… — Rem Koolhaas Copy Share Image
What are the symbols of American strength, wealth, power and modernity? Certainly not jazz and rock and roll, not chewing-gum or hamburgers,… — Oriana Fallaci Copy Share Image
Into this neutral air Where blind skyscrapers use Their full height to proclaim The strength of Collective Man, Each language pours its… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
“His [the pedestrian's] elevation transfigures him into a voyeur. It puts his at a distance. It transforms the bewitching world by which… — Michel de Certeau Copy Share Image
“We are all skyscrapers, continually adding rooms and floors to who we are. Once one floor is done, the next begins and… — Spencer Fraseur Copy Share Image
While the focus in the landscape of Old World cities was commonly government structures, churches, or the residences of rulers, the landscape… — Daniel J. Boorstin Copy Share Image
“Only the top floors of the tallest skyscrapers pierce the otherwise featureless landscape, some of the buildings sit at bizarre angles, as… — B.D. Messick Copy Share Image
“[H]e could see the island of Manhattan off to the left. The towers were jammed together so tightly, he could feel the… — Tom Wolfe Copy Share Image
In 'Swimming Pool,' all the colors are very warm, sunny, the pool and all that. In 'Love Crime,' everything is so cold,… — Ludivine Sagnier Copy Share Image
“The traffic broke and the skyscrapers of Downtown reared up ahead, towering monoliths of steel and glass. The buildings were alive, ready… — Loren Niva Copy Share Image
“I Like The Way That when you Tilt Poems On their side They Look like Miniature Cities From A long way Away.… — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
![“His [the pedestrian's] elevation transfigures him into a voyeur. It puts his at a distance. It transforms the bewitching world by which one was 'possessed' into a text that lies before one's eyes. It allows one to read it, to be a solar Eye, looking down like a god. The exaltation of a scopic and…” quote by Michel de Certeau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e6f/michel-de-certeau-15812_92_his-the-pedestrian-s-elevation-transfigu_256393.jpg)
![“[H]e could see the island of Manhattan off to the left. The towers were jammed together so tightly, he could feel the mass and stupendous weight.Just think of the millions, from all over the globe, who yearned to be on that island, in those towers, in those narrow streets! There it was, the Rome…” quote by Tom Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/da9/tom-wolfe-2191_1980s_h-e-could-see-the-island-of-manhattan-of_2818713.jpg)
