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.

Just the way in Europe, Paris, Copenhagen, and Stockholm, and Frankfurt, possibly and Berlin, certainly, all had important roles, because of independence. Because they were depending on themselves.

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

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.

I am ambivalent about London because I am so ambivalent about England in general.

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.

[If Quebec became sovereign] there would be one level of government that would be missing, one less level of government. The municipality would become the second level.