I was so grateful to be independent of the academic establishment. I thought, how awful it would be to have my future hinge on suc
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Artists, whatever their medium, make selections from the abounding materials of life, and organize these selections into works tha
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There is a quality even meaner than outright ugliness or disorder, and this meaner quality is the dishonest mask of pretended orde
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... city areas with flourishing diversity sprout strange and unpredictable uses and peculiar scenes. But this is not a drawback of
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Cities [are] problems in organized complexity, like the life sciences.
To approach a city ... as if it were [an] ... architectural problem ... is to make the mistake of attempting to substitute art for
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Reformers have long observed city people loitering on busy corners, hanging around in candy stores and bars and drinking soda pop
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Cities need old buildings so badly it is probably impossible for vigorous streets and districts to grow without them.... for reall
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What if we fail to stop the erosion of cities by automobiles?... In that case America will hardly need to ponder a mystery that ha
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... a family I know ... bought an acre in the country on which to build a house. For many years, while they lacked the money to bu
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