Modern life demands, and is waiting for, a new kind of plan, both for the house and the city.Le CorbusierArchitectureProgressUrbanization Share this
The Metropolis should have been aborted long before it became New York, London or Tokyo.John Kenneth GalbraithCritiqueProgressUrbanization Share this
The skyscraper establishes the block, the block creates the street, the street offers itself to man.Roland BarthesHumanismProgressUrbanization Share this
The test of civilization is the power of drawing the most benefit out of cities.Ralph Waldo EmersonEfficiencyProgressUrbanization Share this
To get what you want, you have to deserve what you want. Charlie Munger Achievement Deserving Success
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Jean Cocteau Deception Perception Reality
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Jean Cocteau Identity Individuality Rebellion
The liabilities are always 100 percent good. It’s the assets you have to worry about. Charlie Munger Worry
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Charlie Munger Criticism Past Stupidity