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 0
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 0
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 0
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 0
Thought-Provoking A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind. Lewis Mumford 0