Erosion Of Cities Or Attrition Of Automobiles?

When We Deal With Cities We Are Dealing With Life At Its Most Complex And Intense. Planners Are Guided By Principles Derived From The Behaviour And Appearance Of Suburbs, Tuberculosis Sanatoria, Fairs And Imaginary Dream Cities - From Anything But Cities Themselves.

Writing, Printing, And The Internet Give A False Sense Of Security About The Permanence Of Culture.

One Wonders At The Docility Of The Students Who Evidently Must Be Satisfied Enough With The Credentials To Be Uncaring About The Lack Of Education.

To Approach A City, Or Even A City Neighborhood, As If It Were A Larger Architectural Problem, Capable Of Being Given Order By Converting It Into A Disciplined Work Of Art, Is To Make The Mistake Of Attempting To Substitute Art For Life. The Results Of Such Profound Confusion Between Art And Life Are Neither Life Nor Art. They Are Taxidermy.

You Can't Rely On Bringing People Downtown, You Have To Put Them There.