Nature Quote by Edward O. Wilson

I'm trying to express nature in big cities.

— Ma Yansong

“It is time to expand what has been a romantic attachment to the ornaments of nature into a commitment to reshape the city in…

— Anne Whiston Spirn

In traditional cities like Beijing, Nanjing, and Hangzhou, nature was a very important part of urban planning - not only as a landscape but…

— Ma Yansong

Unlike the urban development that I see taking over and swallowing up our precious soil, when we interact with our environment in a way…

— Cory Trepanier

Nature is good for all of us. When we're exposed to trees and other natural settings - even within the city, it fosters creativity.

— David Livermore

The urban, on the other hand, is often seen as more real and mundane, even though it is obviously far more recent in terms…

— Quentin S. Crisp

We try to turn buildings into landscapes - defying the idea of modernism which sees nature and buildings as two distinct elements.

— Ma Yansong

I think ultimately, bringing more nature back into the city is a way to deal with urban sprawl and things like that. If the…

— Stone Gossard

“In merging nature and culture the most successful cities combine such universal needs as maintaining or restoring contact with the cycles of nature, with…

— Sally A. Kitt Chappell

“TOWARD A SCIENCE OF CITIES”

— Geoffrey West

“I had come to Boyne City because I have always been drawn to nature's secrets more than to, say Hollywood's secrets or the secrets…

— Langdon Cook

“Abstractionism exacerbated the problem but sustainability, if intelligently conceived, could heal the rift between garden, landscape and urban design. Absolute sustainability is not possible.…

— Tom Turner