Quotes by Mumford, Lewis

Life is the only art that we are required to practice without preparat >>

The chief function of the city is to convert power into form, energy i >>

Only entropy comes easy. >>

Quotations about Cities and City Life

Cities, like cats, will reveal themselves at night. >>

One belongs to New York instantly. One belongs to it as much in five m >>

A city is a large community where people are lonesome together. >>

The chief function of the city is to convert power into form, energy into culture, dead matter into the living symbols of art, biological reproduction into social creativity.

Mumford, Lewis