Cities Quote by Jane Jacobs

When urbanity decays, civilization suffers and decays with it.

— James Norman Hall

All through organized history, if you wanted prosperity you had to have cities. Cities are places that attract new people with new ideas.

— Jane Jacobs

Cities never flourish alone. They have to be trading with other cities. My new hypothesis shows why. But also in trading with each other…

— Jane Jacobs

“What happens under the rule of specialization is that, though society becomes more and more intricate, it has less and less structure. It becomes…

— Wendell Berry

Every city is either vibrant these days or is working on a plan to attain vibrancy soon. The reason is simple: a city isn't…

— Thomas Frank

We live in a time of renaissance ... cities are coming back to life, after a long neglect.

— Daniel Libeskind

“The city as the engine for social change and increasing well-being is one of the truly great triumphs of our amazing ability to form…

— Geoffrey West

Cities produce love and yet feel none. A strange thing when you think about it, but perhaps fitting. Cities need that love more than…

— Junot Diaz

A contrast between country and city, as fundamental ways of life, reaches back into classical times.

— Raymond Williams

Cities can be paradoxical places. In the mornings they buzz with commuters, in the evenings they come alive with diners and partygoers, at weekends…

— David Lammy

I think cities are the primordial forests of our time. We evolve faster as a species in cities. Cities are chaotic, liminal places where…

— Chris Abani

Cities are the origins of global warming, impact on the environment, health, pollution, disease, finance, economies, energy are all problems that are confronted by…

— Geoffrey West