Creativity The chief function of the city is to convert power into form, energy into culture, dead matter into the living symbols of art, biological reproduction... Lewis Mumford 12
Opinion The way people in democracies think of the government as something different from themselves is a real handicap. And, of course, sometimes the... Lewis Mumford 17
Art Life is the only art that we are required to practice without preparation, and without being allowed the preliminary trials, the failures and botches,... Lewis Mumford 17
Beauty A day spent without the sight or sound of beauty, the contemplation of mystery, or the search of truth or perfection is a poverty-stricken day; and... Lewis Mumford 11
Thought-Provoking A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind. Lewis Mumford 18
