Lowly, unpurposeful and random as they may appear, sidewalk contacts are the small change from which a city's wealth of public life may grow.

Credentialing, not education, has become the primary business of North American universities.

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

I think that intelligent people to a great extent are captives of their time or place.

You can't rely on bringing people downtown, you have to put them there.

I get absolutely ruthless in my own way about not doing anything else when I am trying to concentrate on writing a book. I have to stick to it and concentrate.

Let's see in those indictments you can't level at Sweden, they never tried to ban the constitution or undermine the settlement that they wanted. Well you can't say that of Canada. Any indication of revolt on the part of Quebec was either bought off, with a good deal of corruption.