Lewis Mumford

Traditionalists are pessimists about the future and optimists about the past…

One of the functions of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come…

A man of courage never needs weapons, but he may need bail…

The artist does not illustrate science (but) he frequently responds to the same interests that…

The chief function of the city is to convert power into form, energy into culture…

The earth is the Lord’s fullness thereof: this is no longer a hollow dictum of…

A day spent without the sight or sound of beauty, the contemplation of mystery, or…

Our national flower is the concrete cloverleaf…

The way people in democracies think of the government as something different from themselves is…

Restore human legs as a means of travel. Pedestrians rely on food for fuel and…

Forget the damned motor car and build the cities for lovers and friends…

Life is the only art that we are required to practice without preparation, and without…

Without fullness of experience, length of days is nothing. When fullness of life has been…

However far modern science and techniques have fallen short of their inherent possibilities, they have…

War is the supreme drama of a completely mechanized society…