"Modernist architecture and town planning is inimical to human beings... based on the Darwinian concept that evolution is open ended, that there must always be something new and better."

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Source : "The godfather of urban soul". Interview with Peter Hetherington, www.theguardian.com. June 27, 2006.

Leon Krier

#Towns Quotes #Planning Quotes #Architecture Quotes

“He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery.”

Source : Speech to the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France, quoted in "The New York Times", (p. 12), January 24, 1967.
“Emergencies have always been necessary to progress. It was darkness which produced the lamp. It was fog that produced the compass. It was hunger that drove us to exploration. And it took a depression to teach us the real value of a job.”
“Farewell to Thee! But not farewell To all my fondest thoughts of Thee; Within my heart they still shall dwell And they shall cheer and comfort me.”

Source : Anne Bronte (2006). “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall”, p.211, ReadHowYouWant.com
“You can go to these chat-lines. It's not hard it's really easy. Another thing the show makes clear is not talking about these issues is what leads kids to go on the Internet and find out the information themselves. And then they come across people like Mr. Healy wanting to meet them in the park. That's what leads to these kind of more-dangerous things.”
“I don't think the world focuses on the positive things enough.”
“When I put my pen to a blank sheet, black isnâ€™t added but rather the white sheet is deprived of light. [] Thus I also grasped that the empty spaces are the most important aspect of a typeface.”
“Humility provides everyone, even him who despairs in solitude, with the strongest relationship to his fellow man.”
“Germany is using its Energiewende policy as a way of envisioning a green transformation and innovation across many sectors.”

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