Big cities Quote by John Hench

Big cities are chaotic. And chaos for humans - who have experience from their ancestors - is the last step before conflict. So, in…

— John Hench

“If the park can be reduced to a single cultural indicator, it is that of optimism. Contained within the evolution of the park idea…

— Karen R. Jones & John Wills

The parks are our national treasures, and they must be shown more respect, not only by visitors but also the people who run them.

— Michael Frome

“Contemporary attitudes toward urban parks fall into three levels of sophistication. The first, the most naive assumption, is that parks are just plots of…

— Galen Cranz

Colors are things we experience.

— Alva Noe

The scenic ideals that surround even our national parks are carriers of a nostalgia for heavenly bliss and eternal calmness.

— Robert Smithson

“Trains are about getting from point A to point B in a timely, efficient manner. They rumble through town on a predetermined path, with…

— Claire

We believed in our idea - a family park where parents and children could have fun- together.

— Walt Disney

Once we establish an architectural style in each park, we stick with it religiously and comprehensively so that it comes out as a gestalt.

— Douglas Tompkins

National parks are cathedrals of spirituality and emotion, and unfortunately, they are being loved to death by many of the same people who enjoy…

— Michael Frome

There are people who have a penchant for cities-more than that, a talent for them, a gift of sensing them, of feeling their rhythm…

— Edna Ferber

The spaces I want to be in are nurturing and soft and saturated with color. Our cities don't have enough of that, and as…

— Janet Echelman