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New York City has changed enormously. My gut impression of it now is that it's like being in a sci-fi novel: 'Blade Runner' syndrome.…

— Gerard Malanga

New York has always been a city of change and a city about change, and it is a back-leading development. Nobody's going to want…

— Debbie Harry

The artistic element of Manhattan has kind of moved to Brooklyn. Has it changed it? Yeah. Has it ruined it? I would say no.…

— Julian Casablancas

New York remains what it has always been : a city of ebb and flow, a city of constant shifts of population and economics,…

— Paul Goldberger

New York is a city where you're so alone, you're an individual, you can disappear. You can make something happen. But it's very different…

— Ai Weiwei

Different cities have different vibes to them, and New York is such a huge, thriving metropolis.

— Annie Wersching

New York is just an energy. There's a beauty to the way it's laid out: the architecture, the way the planning is. It's huge,…

— El-P

This is supposed to be the Big Apple, with neighborhoods where the houses are all good-looking and the skyscrapers and everything. But to me,…

— William Klein

I think New York will always be this incredible international crossroads, and I don't think that will ever change.

— Liev Schreiber

The City of New York is like an enormous citadel, a modern Carcassonne. Walking between the magnificent skyscrapers one feels the presence on the…

— Henry Miller

Maybe New York shouldn't survive. Maybe it should go through a cycle of destruction.

— Richard M. Nixon