« All Cities Quotes · Leon Krier's Page
Cities Quotes by Leon Krier
- Cities and landscapes are illustrations of our spiritual and material worth. They not only express our values but give them a tangible reality. They determine…
- Viewed from a certain distance and under good light, even an ugly city can look like the promised land.
- A city is not an accident but the result of coherent visions and aims.
- In fact, the public will accept any city plan and skyline provided that its architecture is traditional.
- All buildings, large or small, public or private, have a public face, a facade; they therefore, without exception, have a positive or negative effect on…
- The more you densify a city, the more congestion will increase, however technology changes... cities so packed that they will no longer function... vertical sprawl.
More Cities Quotes
- A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one. — Aristotle
- Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of… — Aristophanes
- Growing up in a Jewish matriarchal world inside the patriarchal paradise of Salt Lake City, Utah, gave me increased perspective on gender… — Roseanne Barr
- Since the Kingstonfirst BID started in January 2005, retailers have enjoyed three years of impressive sales growth, which has taken many of… — Unknown Author
- Even in New York, there are a lot of very attractive girls pedaling around. That just happens to be one of the… — Paul Auster
- We do not look in our great cities for our best morality. — Jane Austen
- There is no city or country in the world where women and girls live free of the fear of violence. No leader… — Michelle Bachelet
- The Hamptons are usually filled with what I had hoped to leave behind in New York City. — Mario Batali