New York is the perfect model of a city, not the model of a perfect city. -Lewis Mumford

 

New York is the perfect model of a city, not the model of a perfect city.


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This quote is just one of 11 total Lewis Mumford quotes in our collection. Lewis Mumford is known for saying 'New York is the perfect model of a city, not the model of a perfect city.' as well as some of the following quotes.

One of the functions of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.

Lewis Mumford

Humor is our way of defending ourselves from life's absurdities by thinking absurdly about them.

Lewis Mumford

The city is a fact in nature, like a cave, a run of mackerel or an ant-heap. But it is also a conscious work of art, and it holds within its communal framework many simpler and more personal forms of art. Mind takes form in the city; and in turn, urban forms condition mind.

Lewis Mumford

The artist does not illustrate science (but) he frequently responds to the same interests that a scientist does.

Lewis Mumford

Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.

Lewis Mumford