Living in cities is an art, and we need the vocabulary of art, of style, to describe the peculiar relationship between man and material that exists in the continual creative play of urban living. The city as we imagine it,…

Quote by Jonathan Raban

Topics: Urban Quotes

The only nation I've ever been tempted to feel really racist about are the Swiss...

The only nation I've ever been tempted to feel really racist about are the Swiss...

Over emphatic negatives always suggest that what is being denied may be what is really...

Over emphatic negatives always suggest that what is being denied may be what is really...

In an underdeveloped country don't drink the water. In a developed country don't breathe the...

In an underdeveloped country don't drink the water. In a developed country don't breathe the...

However, if we examine the Canadian scene closely enough, we can see signs of this...

However, if we examine the Canadian scene closely enough, we can see signs of this...

Commercial jazz, soap opera, pulp fiction, comic strips, the movies set the images, mannerisms, standards,...

Commercial jazz, soap opera, pulp fiction, comic strips, the movies set the images, mannerisms, standards,...

Blade Runner appears regularly, two or three times a year in various shapes and forms...

Blade Runner appears regularly, two or three times a year in various shapes and forms...

The car has become the carapace, the protective and aggressive shell, of urban and suburban...

The car has become the carapace, the protective and aggressive shell, of urban and suburban...

Bankers cannot afford to be concerned with only the economic aspects of projects. There may...

Bankers cannot afford to be concerned with only the economic aspects of projects. There may...

The neighborhood stores are an important part of a city child's life.

The neighborhood stores are an important part of a city child's life.

Gang violence in America is not a sudden problem. It has been a part of...

Gang violence in America is not a sudden problem. It has been a part of...

Everyone's looking to the urban scene for inspiration now.

Everyone's looking to the urban scene for inspiration now.

How does he support Clinton's urban agenda? He doesn't know what it is.

How does he support Clinton's urban agenda? He doesn't know what it is.

I really didn't try to make an effort to make urban music, but I am...

I really didn't try to make an effort to make urban music, but I am...

The city is a fact in nature, like a cave, a run of mackerel or...

The city is a fact in nature, like a cave, a run of mackerel or...

Not many sounds in life, and I include all urban and rural sounds, exceed in...

Not many sounds in life, and I include all urban and rural sounds, exceed in...

I know that New York City remains the highest density urban area in the country...

I know that New York City remains the highest density urban area in the country...

Everyones looking to the urban scene for inspiration now.

Everyones looking to the urban scene for inspiration now.

After Land I wanted to continue exploring the theme but I needed a new challenge...

After Land I wanted to continue exploring the theme but I needed a new challenge...

I don't know if it matters what country you're from, size of the city you're...

I don't know if it matters what country you're from, size of the city you're...

They may be America's last pioneers, urban nomads in search of wide open interior spaces.

They may be America's last pioneers, urban nomads in search of wide open interior spaces.