I think it is fatal to specialize. And all kinds of things show us that and that the more diverse we are in what we can do, the better.

Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody.

Streets and their sidewalks-the main public places of a city-are its most vital organs.

Designing a dream city is easy; rebuilding a living one takes imagination.

There is no logic that can be superimposed on the city; people make it, and it is to them, not buildings, that we must fit our plans.

Intricate minglings of different uses in cities are not a form of chaos. On the contrary, they represent a complex and highly developed form of order.

While you are looking, you might as well also listen, linger and think about what you see.

The ballet of the good city sidewalk never repeats itself from place to place, and in any one place is always replete with new improvisations.

This is something everyone knows: A well-used city street is apt to be a safe street. A deserted city street is apt to be unsafe.

People must take a modicum of public responsibility for each other even if they have no ties to each other.

This is what a city is, bits and pieces that supplement each other and support each other.

Memories can sometimes be more powerful than the present.

Fate.A word meaning destiny.Fate. A word meaning doom.

What are men better than sheep or goats That nourish a blind life within the brain, If knowing God, they lift not hands of prayer Both for themselves and those who call them friend?

Pride is the great stumbling block of Zion. I repeat: Pride is the great stumbling block of Zion.

My photographs are not pure: they are a seething wealth of imperfection.

I grew up on the stage, where you just throw yourself into projects and don't get in your own way.

In my basic courses I have always tried to develop discovery and invention which, in my opinion, are the criteria of creativeness.

If life is often so hard as this, I don't see how we ever shall get through it.

I've got a great cigar collection - it's actually not a collection, because that would imply I wasn't going to smoke every last one of 'em.

I am trying to do my own thing, but there will always be comparisons, even if I don't agree with them.