Cities

“What a ridiculous place is Ilahabad! May God get rid of it; for it has no healing for the sick, nor anything of note for the gentleman…”

“I was looking for a simple architecture, one that could immediately communicate that which in the past was known as ‘monumental,’ that is, in the sense of ‘Civic Dignity.’”

“Upiększyłem miasto Łódź wspaniałymi gmachami i doprowadziłem to miasto do rzędu porządnych fabrycznych miast w Królestwie.”

“The modern city with its multistory buildings ... have redirected ... the normal psychology of visual perception. It would seem that only the camera is capable of reflecting contemporary life.”

“I ask you to rejoice with me that it has been my good fortune to save from the inevitable encroachment of the future great city destined to arise on this plain, the most historic ground of all Maoriland.”

“A clean city with a sort of cosmopolitan atmosphere set in a bright landscape.”

“宮柳靑靑花亂飛, 滿城冠蓋媚春輝。”

“Where you come from doesn’t matter, whether it’s the north side or the side of 8 Mile.”

“The most important office in a democracy is not President or Governor — it’s citizen.”