The cities of America are inexpressibly tedious. The Bostonians take their learning too sadly: culture with them is an accomplishment rather than an atmosphere; their “Hub,” as they call it, is the paradise of prigs. Chicago is a sort of monster-shop, full of bustle and bores. Political life at Washington is like political life in […]
Cities - City Quotes
There are dragons buried beneath our cities, primordial energies greater than the power of our bombs.
Broadway is a main artery of New York life – the hardened artery.
Cities are the abyss of the human species.
Earth hath not anything to show more fair Dull would he be of soul who could pass by A sight so touching in its majesty This city now doth like a garment wear The beauty of the morning, silent, bare Ships, towers, domes, theatres and temples lie Open unto the fields and to the sky […]
Towers in a modern town are a frill and a survival; they seem like the raised hands of the various churches, afraid of being overlooked, and saying to the forgetful public, Here I am! Or perhaps they are rival lightning rods, saying to the emanations of divine grace, Please strike here!
Who knows when some slight shock, disturbing the delicate balance between social order and thirsty aspiration, shall send the skyscrapers in our cities toppling?
The streets made me, and the streets stink, but I love them, for I was born in them out of flesh and I was born in them out of spirit.
Woe! Woe, O great city… In one hour such great wealth has been brought to ruin! (Revelation 18:16-17)
What is the city but the people? (Coriolanus)
