A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.
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.
The cities are the sinks of the human race.
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.
There are only two emotions in a plane: boredom and terror.
I know it's a bad idea, but I'm in a bad mood, and that's what I want.
I was not born in the city; I was born at the age of six in the subway.
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.
People don't know what they want until you show them.
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.