Cities Quote by Howard Jacobson

Opera is too obsessed with buildings.

— Phyllida Lloyd

I hear what people have said about what they want to see the Opera House used for and what they don't want to see…

— Gladys Berejiklian

“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

Anyone who wants to promote a car or a football tournament turns to opera. There's a much greater public connection than the image of…

— Rory Bremner

I tell you, it is easier to build a grand opera or a city center than to build a personal house.

— Alvar Aalto

I don't think an opera house is ever a place that can make you entirely happy.

— Bernard Haitink

“I don't care if we have our house, or a cliff ledge, or a cardboard box. Home is wherever we all are, together,”

— James Patterson

“Opera's not for everyone, especially at these prices.”

— Joseph McElroy

Opera needs a major makeover; the large opera houses are too in thrall to their conservative patrons.

— Robert Lepage

Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody.

— Jane Jacobs

I have found that I am not a space where people want to live, at least not without decorating first.

— Jeanette Winterson

People want subways, folks... subways, subways. They don't want these damn streetcars blocking up our city!

— Rob Ford