“Tell me what you will of the benefactions of city civilization, of the sweet security of streets-all as part of the natural upgrowth of man towards the high destiny we hear so much of. I know that our bodies were made to thrive only in pure air, and the scenes in which pure air is found. If the death exhalations that brood the broad towns in which we so fondly compact ourselves were made visible, we should flee as from a plague. All are more or less sick; there is not a perfectly sane man in San Francisco.” IfsKnowsMenShouldMadeBodyFoundNaturalCitiesDestinyAirStreetsSecuritySweetCivilizationScenePureTravelSickTownsVisibleThriveBroadsSanePlagueSan FranciscoCompact Book:John Muir, in His Own Words: A Book of Quotations Source: John Muir, in His Own Words: A Book of Quotations
“Objectively, class differences in accent, dress, manners, and general style of life are very much smaller; and one cannot, strolling about the street or travelling on a train, instantly identify a person's social background as one can in England. Subjectively, social relations are more natural and egalitarian, and less marked by deference, submissiveness, or snobbery, as one quickly discovers from the cab-driver, the barman, the air-hostess and the drug-store assistant.” PersonsSocialNaturalDifferencesClassAirStreetsStyleDrugEnglandRelationDressesTrainStoresBackgroundsMannersDriversAccentsAssistantsStrollingCabSnobberyDeferenceHostessesSocial RelationsCab DriversBarmenClass Differences Author:Anthony Crosland
“I believe in the city as a natural human environment, but we must humanize it. It's art that will re-define public space in the 21st Century. We can make our cities diverse, inspirational places by putting art, dance and performance in all its forms into the matrix of street life.” BelieveHumansArtFormI BelieveNaturalSpaceCitiesEnvironmentStreetsCenturyPerformancesI Believe InDiverse21st CenturyArt DanceStreet Life Author:Antony Gormley
“I have the disadvantage of not being sociable. Wall Street men are fond of company and sport. A man makes one hundred thousand dollars there and immediately buys a yacht, begins to race fast horses, and becomes a sport generally. My tastes lie in a different direction. When business hours are over I go home and spend the remainder of the day with my wife, my children, and books of my library. Every man has natural inclinations of his own. Mine are domestic. They are not calculated to make me particularly popular in Wall Street, and I cannot help that.” MenChildrenBookDifferentHelpingHomeLyingSportsHoursNaturalRaceCompanyWifeStreetsMinesWallTasteThousandHundredHorseDollarsLibraryMy WifeEvery ManMy ChildrenInclinationDisadvantagesDifferent DirectionsYachtSociable Author:Jay Gould
“The external appearance of any construction projects that are created during the time of the National Socialist Reich must take on the sensibility of our time. Factories are the workplaces of our National Socialist racial comrades. Streets and highways carry the name of the Führer. Settlements today are not isolated communities, but rather parts of greater city-construction plans. Every work site must be properly located within its neighborhood and surrounding setting (i.e., the natural world).” WorldTodayNamesCommunityNaturalCitiesGreaterPlansStreetsProjectsAppearanceSettingSettingsOur TimeNeighborhoodConstructionFactoriesIsolatedSocialistSensibilitySiteWorkplaceHighwaysNatural WorldComradeSettlementExternal AppearanceConstruction Projects Author:Fritz Todt
“Infiltrating the mainstream was a natural extension of my street art. I've always tried to communicate ideas to the public as directly as possible.” ArtIdeasNaturalStreetsCommunicateMainstreamExtensionsStreet Art Author:Eric Drooker