The true measure of a city is its soul. This is the restless energy that doesn't wait for political leadership.

When civic leaders are in love with their cities they are listened to; they are credible.

A city without passion is just a city of artistic events.

A city's art must give the impression that art is as indispensable a thing as water, or food.

True creative cities produce the legacy of an idea that does what funding cannot do: to foster.

Toronto is a city that has yet to fall in love with itself.

A city's greatness is manifest in a people confident in their ability to take risks, to encounter