Cities force growth, and make men talkative and entertaining, but they make them artificial.
In New York, you've got Donald Trump, Woody Allen, a crack addict, and a regular Joe, and they're all on the same subway car.
The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.
Cities have sexes: London is a man, Paris a woman, and New York a well-adjusted transsexual.
There are a lot of things in this world to be afraid of. But the only thing you really need to fear is fear itself.
Every great architect is—necessarily—a great poet. He must be a great original interpreter of his time, his day, his age.
I've never owned a car, and I never will. I get around the cities of the world with their subways, buses, and taxis.
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
The artist is the only one who knows that the world is a subjective creation, that there is a choice to be made, a selection of elements.
In the city, the crime is organized. It's a complex network that's all about power and respect.