Cities Quote by Marcus Terentius Varro Download Open image “Nature made the fields and man the cities.” — Marcus Terentius Varro ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Cities Fields Made Men Nature
In traditional cities like Beijing, Nanjing, and Hangzhou, nature was a very important part of urban planning - not only as a landscape but… — Ma Yansong Copy Share Image
Divine nature gave us fields, human skill built our cities. -Divina natura dedit agros, ars humana aedificavit urbes — Marcus Terentius Varro Copy Share Image
Cities and landscapes are illustrations of our spiritual and material worth. They not only express our values but give them a tangible reality. They… — Leon Krier Copy Share Image
“It is time to expand what has been a romantic attachment to the ornaments of nature into a commitment to reshape the city in… — Anne Whiston Spirn Copy Share Image
“So the city emerges as man’s ultimate attempt to become manmade, born from himself rather than from Mother Nature. The feeling of self-sufficiency he… — Monica Sjöö Copy Share Image
“I had come to Boyne City because I have always been drawn to nature's secrets more than to, say Hollywood's secrets or the secrets… — Langdon Cook Copy Share Image
“Resources, waterways, and climatic zones loom so large in their writings that one can almost forget that people have something to do with the… — William Cronon Copy Share Image
“In merging nature and culture the most successful cities combine such universal needs as maintaining or restoring contact with the cycles of nature, with… — Sally A. Kitt Chappell Copy Share Image
“It wasn’t a city, it was a process, a weight on the world that distorted the land for hundreds of miles around. People who’d… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Nature is the armory of genius. Cities serve it poorly, books and colleges at second hand; the eye craves the spectacle of the horizon;… — Amos Bronson Alcott Copy Share Image
A lot of ancient poetry sees in nature a reflection of human emotions, and in a post-industrialized era, once people have become more aware… — Ma Yansong Copy Share Image
What, if as said, man is a bubble. [Lat., Quod, ut dictur, si est homo bulla, eo magis senex.] — Marcus Terentius Varro Copy Share Image
He who overlooks a healthy spot for the site of his house is mad and ought to be handed over to the care of… — Marcus Terentius Varro Copy Share Image
For my eightieth year warns me to pack up my baggage before I leave life. — Marcus Terentius Varro Copy Share Image
The longest part of the journey is said to be the passing of the gate. — Marcus Terentius Varro Copy Share Image
Divine nature gave us fields, human skill built our cities. -Divina natura dedit agros, ars humana aedificavit urbes — Marcus Terentius Varro Copy Share Image
The number of guests at dinner should not be less than the number of the Graces nor exceed that of the Muses, i.e., it… — Marcus Terentius Varro Copy Share Image
Public infrastructure around the world is facing unprecedented stress, with hurricanes, cyclones, floods and forest fires all increasing in frequency and intensity. It's easy… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
Surely, if Mother Nature had been consulted, she would never have consented to building a city in New Orleans. — Mortimer Zuckerman Copy Share Image
Cities are 2% of the earth's crust, but they are 50% of the world's population. — Carlo Ratti Copy Share Image
A man could be a lover and defender of the wilderness without ever in his lifetime leaving the boundaries of asphalt, powerlines, and right-angled… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
All Germany was in turmoil. Revolutionaries seized power in the cities of Munich, Hanover and Cologne. One regional German government after another was toppled… — James Cross Giblin Copy Share Image
Nice is a city of ghosts and specters, but I hope not to become one of them right away. — Patrick Modiano Copy Share Image
I know of not one Republican candidate that would not appear publicly with Mitt Romney and I know many Democrats that don't even want… — Pete Sessions Copy Share Image
Just between you and me, shouldn’t the World Bank be encouraging MORE migration of the dirty industries to the LDCs [Less Developed Countries]?... I… — Lawrence Summers Copy Share Image
We will neglect our cities to our peril, for in neglecting them we neglect the nation. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I didn't know the city at all, but I was so happy to be in New York I cried. I was so excited. — Greta Gerwig Copy Share Image
Dawn's faint breath breathes with your mouth at the ends of empty streets. Gray light your eyes, sweet drops of dawn on dark hills.… — Cesare Pavese Copy Share Image
