Cities Quote by David Simon

But let us not forget that cities are like human beings. They are born, they go through childhood and adolescence, they grow old, and…

— Anonymous

With more than 80 percent of Americans living in metropolitan areas, there are still demagogues who want to run down the idea of multiculturalism,…

— David Simon

Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of this world have the spirit and power of philosophy, and political greatness and wisdom…

— Plato

When urbanity decays, civilization suffers and decays with it.

— James Norman Hall

“As the urban world becomes more hazardous, stressful, and complex, there are those who will be attracted to a simpler way of life.”

— John A. Hostetler

Tell me what you will of the benefactions of city civilization, of the sweet security of streets-all as part of the natural upgrowth of…

— John Muir

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…

— Antony Gormley

“Unitary urbanism's point of departure is the changeableness of our aspirations and our activities. We know that neither eternal truth nor absolute beauty exist…

— Tom McDonough

Until philosophers rule as kings or those who are now called kings and leading men genuinely and adequately philosophise, that is, until political power…

— Plato

I think cities are the primordial forests of our time. We evolve faster as a species in cities. Cities are chaotic, liminal places where…

— Chris Abani

“with cities as with life, for one moment we are pottering about our errands as usual and the next we are dying, and our…

— Mohsin Hamid

Nothing lasts forever. But—especially as it seems to me cities and humans are symbiotically and inextricably bound at this point—I hope cities have a…

— Alex Shakar