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 into social creativity. — Lewis Mumford
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Lewis Mumford : American Sociologist
Born: October 19, 1895
Died: January 26, 1990
My work is not about ‘form follows function,’ but ‘form foll…
I hate facts. I always say the chief end of man is to form g…
A city is where you can sign a petition, boo the chief justi…
Try to look at your weakness and convert it into your streng…
Form follows function. Louis Sullivan…
Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress in…
My work is not about ‘form follows function,’ but ‘form foll…
I hate facts. I always say the chief end of man is to form g…
A city is where you can sign a petition, boo the chief justi…
Try to look at your weakness and convert it into your streng…
Form follows function. Louis Sullivan…
Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress in…
Convert your worst staff to your heroes!
The Republican form of government is the highest form of gov…
Without form, communication stops… without form, you have …
Most people, if you live in a big city, you see some form of…
It’s been amazing getting to go from city to city and perfor…
I believe that in a great city, or even in a small city or a…
Rome is the city of echoes, the city of illusions, and the c…
New York is a lovely city. It is an easy city to go back to …
The chief enemy of creativity is ‘good’ sense. Pablo Picasso…
The chief internal enemies of any state are those public off…
The chief condition on which, life, health and vigor depend …
The chief lesson I have learned in a long life is that the o…
Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for suc…
The standard rumor at the time was that Rumsfeld, as chief o…
