Innovating Economies Expand And Develop. Economies That

We Expect Too Much Of New #‎ Buildings , And Too Little Of Ourselves.

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

To Science, Not Even The Bark Of A Tree Or A Drop Of Pond Water Is Dull Or A Handful Of Dirt Banal. They All Arouse Awe And Wonder.

Dull, Inert Cities, It Is True, Do Contain The Seeds Of Their Own Destruction And Little Else. But Lively, Diverse, Intense Cities Contain The Seeds Of Their Own Regeneration, With Energy Enough To Carry Over For Problems And Needs Outside Themselves.

There Are Dangers In Sentimentalizing Nature. Most Sentimental Ideas Imply, At Bottom, A Deep If Unacknowledged Disrespect. It Is No Accident That We Americans, Probably The World's Champion Sentimentalizers About Nature, Are At One And The Same Time Probably The World's Most Voracious And Disrespectful Destroyers Of Wild And Rural Countryside.