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Urban Planning Quotes

Cities have always offered anonymity, variety, and conjunction, qualities best basked in by walking: one does not have to go into the bakery or the fortune-teller’s, only to know that one might. A city always contains more than any inhabitant can know, and a great city always makes the unknown and the possible spurs to the imagination Picture Quote #1

I’m trying to discover - invent, I suppose - an architecture, and forms of urban planning, that do something of the same thing in a contemporary way. I started out trying to create buildings that would sparkle like isolated jewels; now I want them to connect, to form a new kind of landscape, to flow together with contemporary cities and the lives of their peoples Picture Quote #1

A plan that everyone dislikes for different reasons is a success. A plan everyone dislikes for the same reason is a failure. A plan that everyone likes for the same reason is an act of God! Picture Quote #1

We know what we are, but know not what we may be Picture Quote #1

The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem Picture Quote #1

Poor planning or poor execution of plans is simply to let some force other than reason shape reality Picture Quote #1

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By far the greatest and most admirable form of wisdom is that needed to plan and beautify cities and human communities Picture Quote #1

The suburb is a place where someone cuts down all the trees to build houses, and then names the streets after the trees Picture Quote #1

The outcome of the city will depend on the race between the automobile and the elevator, and anyone who bets on the elevator is crazy Picture Quote #1

Architects and engineers are among the most fortunate of men since they build their own monuments with public consent, public approval and often public money Picture Quote #1

A land full of places that are not worth caring about may soon be a nation and a way of life that is not worth defending Picture Quote #1

Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike Picture Quote #1

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Italian cities have long been held up as ideals, not least by New Yorkers and Londoners enthralled by the ways their architecture gives beauty and meaning to everyday acts Picture Quote #1

Every public action which is not customary, either is wrong or, if it is right, is a dangerous precedent. It follows that nothing should ever be done for the first time Picture Quote #1

The intellectual force of the West is still dominant, but other cultures are getting stronger. I expect that we will develop a new way of thinking in architecture and urban planning, and that less will be based on our models Picture Quote #1

I feel however, that we architects have a special duty and mission... (to contribute) to the socio-cultural development of architecture and urban planning Picture Quote #1

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Cities have always offered anonymity, variety, and conjunction, qualities best basked in by walking: one does not have to go into the bakery or the fortune-teller’s, only to know that one might. A city always contains more than any inhabitant can know, and a great city always makes the unknown and the possible spurs to the imagination (Urban Planning Quotes) I’m trying to discover - invent, I suppose - an architecture, and forms of urban planning, that do something of the same thing in a contemporary way. I started out trying to create buildings that would sparkle like isolated jewels; now I want them to connect, to form a new kind of landscape, to flow together with contemporary cities and the lives of their peoples (Urban Planning Quotes) A plan that everyone dislikes for different reasons is a success. A plan everyone dislikes for the same reason is a failure. A plan that everyone likes for the same reason is an act of God! (Urban Planning Quotes) We know what we are, but know not what we may be (Urban Planning Quotes) The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem (Urban Planning Quotes) Poor planning or poor execution of plans is simply to let some force other than reason shape reality (Urban Planning Quotes) By far the greatest and most admirable form of wisdom is that needed to plan and beautify cities and human communities (Urban Planning Quotes) The suburb is a place where someone cuts down all the trees to build houses, and then names the streets after the trees (Urban Planning Quotes) The outcome of the city will depend on the race between the automobile and the elevator, and anyone who bets on the elevator is crazy (Urban Planning Quotes) Architects and engineers are among the most fortunate of men since they build their own monuments with public consent, public approval and often public money (Urban Planning Quotes) A land full of places that are not worth caring about may soon be a nation and a way of life that is not worth defending (Urban Planning Quotes) Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike (Urban Planning Quotes) Italian cities have long been held up as ideals, not least by New Yorkers and Londoners enthralled by the ways their architecture gives beauty and meaning to everyday acts (Urban Planning Quotes) Every public action which is not customary, either is wrong or, if it is right, is a dangerous precedent. It follows that nothing should ever be done for the first time (Urban Planning Quotes) The intellectual force of the West is still dominant, but other cultures are getting stronger. I expect that we will develop a new way of thinking in architecture and urban planning, and that less will be based on our models (Urban Planning Quotes) I feel however, that we architects have a special duty and mission... (to contribute) to the socio-cultural development of architecture and urban planning (Urban Planning Quotes)