“Their attitude toward another aspect of organization shows the same bias. What of the "group life", the loss of individualism? Once upon a time it was conventional for young men to view the group life of the big corporations as… — William H. Whyte Copy Share Image
“But the process should not be confused with science. When tests are used as selections devices, they're not a neutral tool; they become a large factor int he very equation they purport to measure . For one thing, the tests tend to screen out - or repel - those who would upset the correlation. If a man can't get into… — William H. Whyte Copy Share
We have been the most prodigal of people with land, and for years we wasted it with impunity. There was so much of it,… — William H. Whyte Copy Share Image
The human backside is a dimension architects seem to have forgotten. — William H. Whyte Copy Share Image
People do not always argue because they misunderstand one another, they argue because they hold different goals. — William H. Whyte Copy Share Image
“Someday someone is going to create a stir by proposing a radical new tool for the study people. It will be called the face-value technique. It would be based on the premise that people often do what they do for the reasons they think they do. The use of this technique will lead to many pitfalls, for it is undeniably… — William H. Whyte Copy Share
If you want to seed a place with activity, the first thing to do is to put out food. — William H. Whyte Copy Share Image
Nonconformity is an empty goal, and rebellion against prevailing opinion merely because it is prevailing should no more be praised than acquiescence to it.… — William H. Whyte Copy Share Image
The street is the river of life of the city, the place where we come together, the pathway to the center. — William H. Whyte Copy Share Image
So-called 'undesirables' are not the problem. It is the measures taken to combat them that is the problem. — William H. Whyte Copy Share Image
It is difficult to design a space that will not attract people. What is remarkable is how often this has been accomplished. — William H. Whyte Copy Share Image
The onlooker had better wipe the sympathy off his face. What he has seen is a revolution, not the home of little cogs and… — William H. Whyte Copy Share Image
“Society is itself an education in the extrovert values, and rarely has there been a society that has preached them so hard. No man… — William H. Whyte Copy Share Image
