Urban Planning Quotes

33 quotes by 31 authors

Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell. — Edward Abbey
Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory. — Miguel de Cervantes
We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us. — Winston Churchill
I'm trying to discover - invent, I suppose - an architecture, and forms of urban planning, that do something of the same thing in a… — Zaha Hadid
A plan that everyone dislikes for different reasons is a success. A plan everyone dislikes for the same reason is a failure. A plan that… — Richard Carson
Every public action which is not customary, either is wrong or, if it is right, is a dangerous precedent. It follows that nothing should ever… — Francis Cornford
The suburb is a place where someone cuts down all the trees to build houses, and then names the streets after the trees. — Bill Vaughan
Architects and engineers are among the most fortunate of men since they build their own monuments with public consent, public approval and often public money. — John Prebble
A noble, logical diagram once recorded will never die. — Daniel Burnham
By far the greatest and most admirable form of wisdom is that needed to plan and beautify cities and human communities. — Socrates
If a policeman must know the Constitution, then why not a planner? — William J. Brennan
Those who plan do better than those who do not plan, even should they rarely stick to their plan. — Winston Churchill
I've often thought that if planners were botanists, zoologists, geologists, and people who know about the earth, we would have much more wisdom in such… — William O. Douglas
A thousand policemen directing traffic cannot tell you why you come or where you go. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
A land full of places that are not worth caring about may soon be a nation and a way of life that is not worth… — James Howard Kunstler
Poor planning or poor execution of plans is simply to let some force other than reason shape reality. — Robert McNamara
Do not try to make circumstances fit your plans. Make plans that fit the circumstances. — George S. Patton
Americans are in the habit of never walking if they can ride. — Louis-Philippe I of France
The outcome of the city will depend on the race between the automobile and the elevator, and anyone who bets on the elevator is crazy. — Frank Lloyd Wright
I feel however, that we architects have a special duty and mission... (to contribute) to the socio-cultural development of architecture and urban planning — Kenzo Tange

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