Aspirations Quote by Hugh Newell Jacobsen

The city has always been an embodiment of hope and a source of feeling guilt; a dream pursued, and found vain, wanting, and destructive.

— Jonathan Raban

We often judge cities by great public buildings. But we admire great cities because people live there in a beautiful way. You have to…

— Daniel Libeskind

Your city is remarkable not only for its beauty. It is also, of all the cities in the United States, the one whose name,…

— Georges Pompidou

What kind of city we wish to build should reflect our personal wishes and needs.

— David Harvey

A city is the pulsating product of the human hand and mind, reflecting man's history, his struggle for freedom, creativity, genius-and his selfishness and…

— Charles Abrams

Cities are erected on spiritual columns. Like giant mirrors, they reflect the hearts of their residents. If those hearts darken and lose faith, cities…

— Anonymous

“The interesting thing about cities isn’t what they do when people are looking,” Ben says. “It’s what they do when they think nobody’s looking.…

— Scott Kenemore

“When it is good, this is a city of fantastic strength, sophistication and beauty. It is like no other city in time or place.…

— Ada Louise Huxtable

The cities and mansions that people dream of are those in which they finally live.

— Lewis Mumford

All cities are impressive in their way, because they represent the aspiration of men to lead a common life; those people who wish to…

— Peter Ackroyd

If we're going to make a city everybody can live in for a lifetime, we need to make sure we are building and growing…

— Betsy Hodges

For what can be imagined more beautiful than the sight of a perfectly just city rejoicing in justice alone.

— Mark Helprin