The metropolis has always been the seat of the money economy.
The city is the theater of life.
Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody.
In the city, one is forever trying to escape from the noise of one's neighbors.
Cities force growth and make people talkative and entertaining, but they also make them artificial.
The city is not a problem, it is a solution.
The modern city is the negation of community.
Cities have sexes: London is a man, Paris a woman, and New York a well-adjusted transsexual.
The city's not a concrete jungle, it's a human zoo.
The city is not a concrete jungle, it is a human zoo.
A city is a large community where people are lonesome together.
Cities have always been the fireplaces of civilization, whence light and heat radiated out into the dark.
A great city is that which has the greatest men and women.