Quote by Geoffrey West

“The only way our cities can survive this is together.”

— K. Weikel

Cities need to reinvent themselves in order to stay alive.

— Alexandra C. Pelosi

“Part of the problem of the city is the impermanence of success. We’re only as good as our last deal,”

— Derek L. Worthington

“The city was a paradox, though maybe it had always been one. You could have an excellent life here, even as everything disintegrated.”

— Meg Wolitzer

“Cities balanced on the edge of sustainability, always one step from starvation. When you pressed so many people together, their cultures, ideas, and stenches…

— Brandon Sanderson

“Imagine cities that resemble forests, technologies that heal rather than harm, and societies rooted in balance and cooperation.”

— Ken Breniman

“We will never solve the problems of cities unless we like the urban-ness of urban life. Cities aren't villages; they aren't machines; they aren't…

— Elizabeth Wilson

“You will always end up in this city. Don’t hope for things elsewhere: there is no ship for you, there is no road. As…

— C.P. Cavafy

“But nothing lasts forever. This city is changing for the worse. Sure it's getting bigger and it looks nicer, but the novelties are disappearing.…

— Jason Myers

“This world's a city full of straying streets, and death's the market-place where each one meets.”

— William Shakespeare

“If human beings possessed endless possibilities, then cities contained exponential hopes.”

— Sherman Alexie

“The city was a machine of its own, continuously producing. We were constantly pumped out through its assembly line, in different forms or models.…

— Cristina Martin