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.

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.

Aberystwyth (n.)A nostalgic yearning which is in itself more pleasant than the thing being yearned for.

If what you create seems to turn out much stranger than who you are as a person, it's probably because your heart is talking.

Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move.

I was just thrilled to get the gig to begin with. Ten years later to still have it is not only thrilling but also somewhat of a puzzlement.

The only people I know getting in high places by running their mouth are politicians.

Big, skinny, regular size it doesn't matter as long as your young.

A teacher can show you the ways. But no one can do it for you. You have to take what you learn from them and go out and live it. You have to change your life.

For four wicked centuries the world has dreamed this foolish dream of efficiency; and the end is not yet. But the end will come.

The mind requires regular use to remain strong.

There is truth and falsehood in a comma.