Erosion Of Cities Or Attrition Of Automobiles?

Nations Are Political And Military Entities, And So Are Blocs Of Nations. But It Doesn't Necessarily Follow From This That They Are Also The Basic, Salient Entities Of Economic Life Or That They Are Particularly Useful For Probing The Mysteries Of Economic Structure, The Reasons For Rise And Decline Of Wealth. Indeed, The Failure Of National Governments And Blocs Of Nations To Force Economic Life To Do Their Bidding Suggests Some Sort Of Essential Irrelevance.

Old Ideas Can Sometimes Use New Buildings. New Ideas Must Use Old Buildings.

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

When We Deal With Cities We Are Dealing With Life At Its Most Complex And Intense. Because This Is So, There Is A Basic Esthetic Limitation On What Can Be Done With Cities: A City Cannot Be A Work Of Art.

I Was So Grateful To Be Independent Of The Academic Establishment. I Thought, How Awful It Would Be To Have My Future Hinge On Such People And Such Decisions.