Cities Quote by Nathan Glazer

“It can only benefit the city to have endless waves of exceptionally capable, even brilliant, folk unfettered by class and family connections. They change…

— Catherynne M. Valente

Inspire other communities and cities to reinvent themselves.

— Tony Hsieh

“Unitary urbanism's point of departure is the changeableness of our aspirations and our activities. We know that neither eternal truth nor absolute beauty exist…

— Tom McDonough

“Yet for quixotic reasons--namely, that I enjoyed writing obits--I had decided to scale back on articles about city life in order to write exclusively…

— Avi Steinberg

A unitary urbanism — the synthesis of art and technology that we call for — must be constructed according to certain new values of…

— Gil J Wolman

Cities force growth and make men talkative and entertaining, but they make them artificial. What possesses interest for us is thenatural of each, his…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The key to truly rebuilding our central city on a vital and sustainable foundation is people.

— Alan Autry

People are more aware now of cities and of different ways of life. I suppose the writing I do is a bit in the…

— Alice Munro

The city reveals the moral ends of being, and sets the awful problem of life. The country soothes us, refreshes us, lifts us up…

— Edwin Hubbel Chapin

“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

My goal is always to create something exceptional that enhances cities and enriches the lives of the people who live and work in them.

— Santiago Calatrava

“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