"We have been the most prodigal of people……" — William H. Whyte

"We have been the most prodigal of people with land, and for years we wasted it with impunity. There was so much of it, and no matter how we fouled it, there was always more over the next hill, or so it seemed."

— William H. Whyte

11 Quotes by William H. Whyte

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People very rarely think in groups; they talk together, they exchange information, they adjudicate, they make compromises. But they do…
The onlooker had better wipe the sympathy off his face. What he has seen is a revolution, not the home…
What attracts people most, it would appear, is other people.
It is difficult to design a space that will not attract people. What is remarkable is how often this has…
The human backside is a dimension architects seem to have forgotten.
The street is the river of life of the city, the place where we come together, the pathway to the…
So-called 'undesirables' are not the problem. It is the measures taken to combat them that is the problem.
If you want to seed a place with activity, put out food.
Trees are contagious; as soon as one neighborhood or street is planted, citizen pressure builds up for action from the…
People tend to sit where there are places to sit

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