People tend to sit where there are places to sit

If you want to seed a place with activity, the first thing to do is to put out food.

It’s not right to put water before people and then keep them away from it.

Nonconformity is an empty goal, and rebellion against prevailing opinion merely because it is prevailing should no more be praised than acquiescence to it. Indeed, it is often a mask for cowardice, and few are more pathetic than those who flaunt outer differences to expiate their inner surrender.

It is difficult to design a space that will not attract people. What is remarkable is how often this has been accomplished.

People do not always argue because they misunderstand one another, they argue because they hold different goals.

The street is the river of life of the city, the place where we come together, the pathway to the center.