Appearance Quote by Andy Goldsworthy

Cities and landscapes are illustrations of our spiritual and material worth. They not only express our values but give them a tangible reality. They…

— Leon Krier

The city is a fact in nature, like a cave, a run of mackerel or an ant-heap. But it is also a conscious work…

— Lewis Mumford

I'm trying to express nature in big cities.

— Ma Yansong

Recently I have been working in the country, where, carving in the open air, I find sculpture more natural than in a London studio,…

— Henry Moore

A city's art must give the impression that art is as indispensable a thing as water, or food.

— Pier Giorgio Di Cicco

My sculpture thrives in the context of the city, interacting with people in the course of their daily lives.

— Janet Echelman

A building should appear to grow easily from its site and be shaped to harmonize with its surroundings if Nature is manifest there.

— Frank Lloyd Wright

The observation of nature is part of an artist's life.

— Henry Moore

A bit of advice, don't copy nature too closely. Art is an abstraction; as you dream amid nature, extrapolate art from it, and concentrate…

— Paul Gauguin

“The city planning profession’s historic concern with the physical environment has warped its ability to see physical structures and land as servants to those…

— Paul Davidoff

Art is born of the observation and investigation of nature.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

From 50 centuries, we can learn about the close relationship between garden design and urban design, because both arts involve the composition of buildings…

— Tom Turner