Read quote“Dans l’identité de la France, Paris est à la fois une mémoire et une espérance.”
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Words on Cities
Read quote“I don't think I have been this excited to perform in any city ever.”
Read quote“This JV marks an important milestone for the Dasa Group’s first venture in mixed development in Sri Lanka.”
Read quote“When I see photos of these destroyed cities of Germany, for me it’s not depressive, it’s beautiful.”
Read quote“I have but one aim and end in these papers—to tell you the truth about London, its life and manners.”
Read quote“I was jobless and hungry when I came to Mumbai first.”
Read quote““In the best interests of Morgan Grenfell and the City.””
Read quote“What a ridiculous place is Ilahabad! May God get rid of it; for it has no healing for the sick, nor anything of note for the gentleman…”
Read quote“I was looking for a simple architecture, one that could immediately communicate that which in the past was known as ‘monumental,’ that is, in the sense of ‘Civic Dignity.’”
Read quote“Upiększyłem miasto Łódź wspaniałymi gmachami i doprowadziłem to miasto do rzędu porządnych fabrycznych miast w Królestwie.”
Read quote“The modern city with its multistory buildings ... have redirected ... the normal psychology of visual perception. It would seem that only the camera is capable of reflecting contemporary life.”
Read quote“I ask you to rejoice with me that it has been my good fortune to save from the inevitable encroachment of the future great city destined to arise on this plain, the most historic ground of all Maoriland.”
Read quote“A clean city with a sort of cosmopolitan atmosphere set in a bright landscape.”
Read quote“宮柳靑靑花亂飛, 滿城冠蓋媚春輝。”
Read quote“Where you come from doesn’t matter, whether it’s the north side or the side of 8 Mile.”
Read quote“The most important office in a democracy is not President or Governor — it’s citizen.”
