We expect too much of new #‎ buildings , and too little of ourselves.

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] are not like suburbs, only denser. They differ from towns and suburbs in basic ways, and one of these is that cities are, by definition, full of strangers.

In our American cities, we need all kinds of diversity.

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

The best thing is not to think about [separatism]. [People in Alberta] don't even want to engage in talking pros and cons and why people feel this way.

Innovating economies expand and develop. Economies that do not add new kinds of goods and services, but continue only to repeat old work, do not expand much nor do they, by definition, develop.