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.

The onlooker had better wipe the sympathy off his face. What he has seen is a revolution, not the home of little cogs and drones. What he has seen is the dormitory of the next managerial class.

So-called 'undesirables' are not the problem. It is the measures taken to combat them that is the problem.

Trees are contagious; as soon as one neighborhood or street is planted, citizen pressure builds up for action from the next street.

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

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