Public Space Quotes

33 quotes by 28 authors

The way you can understand all of the Social Media is as the creation of a new kind of public space. — danah boyd
There's a legal term for a problem in public space: something that might draw people to an area-say, across train tracks-where they might be caused… — Vito Acconci
If the world is to contain a public space, it cannot be erected for one generation and planned for the living only; it must transcend… — Hannah Arendt
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… — Leon Krier
I believe that the idea of the totality, the finality of the master-plan, is misguided. One should advocate a gradual transformation of public space, a… — Daniel Libeskind
The fight for free space-for wilderness and for public space-must be accompanied by a fight for free time to spend wandering in that space. Otherwise… — Rebecca Solnit
You can read a lot about a country by looking at its beaches: across cultures, the beach is that rare public space in which all… — Martin Parr
Urban public space is a stage for viewing the field of graphic design in its diversity. A mix of voices, from advertising to activism, compete… — Ellen Lupton
I don't make a Bible argument in the ad, nor have I made a bible argument in the public space. My argument is simple, which… — Gary Bauer
Women are prevented by the threat and reality of male violence from entering public space on equal terms with male citizens. — Sheila Jeffreys
Community is not something you have, like pizza. Now is it something you can buy. It's a living organism based on a web of interdependencies-… — James Howard Kunstler
We talk about politicians being in public life, but they seldom appear in the public space where everyone is free to appear as a citizen. — Rebecca Solnit
I believe that public space should be intentional: it should be obvious that you belong, — Janet Echelman
I cherish the creation of public space and services, especially health, housing and the comprehensive education system which dared to give so many of us… — Frances O'Grady
Modernist buildings exclude dialogue, and the void that they create around themselves is not a public space but a desertification — Roger Scruton
In practice, you realise that most attempts to feed your baby in a public space will be met with subtle but palpable resistance. Older chaps… — Rowan Pelling
As I started to pursue the subject more deeply I realized that walking was this wonderful meandering path through everything I was already interested in… — Rebecca Solnit
Public intellectuals come from a range of areas and use their expertise to comment more widely than just their field. They want to make a… — Susie Orbach
Scary in the idea it could be a little overwhelming to have 70 or 100 clowns in a public space. Intriguing in that it could… — Carole King
I believe in the city as a natural human environment, but we must humanize it. It's art that will re-define public space in the 21st… — Antony Gormley

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