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Jane Jacobs Quotes

Erosion of cities or attrition of automobiles Picture Quote #1

One wonders at the docility of the students who evidently must be satisfied enough with the credentials to be uncaring about the lack of education Picture Quote #1

It is hopeless to try to convert some borders into seams Picture Quote #1

Design is people Picture Quote #1

Observation of realities has never, to put it mildly, been one of the strengths of economic development theory Picture Quote #1

Does anyone suppose that, in real life, answers to any of the great questions that worry us today are going to come out of homogeneous settlements Picture Quote #1

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The salient mystery of Dark Ages sets the stage for mass amnesia. People living in vigorous cultures typically treasure those cultures and resist any threat to them. How and why can a people so totally discard a formerly vital culture that it becomes vitally lost Picture Quote #1

Neighborhood is a word that has come to sound like a Valentine. As a sentimental concept, ‘neighborhood’ is harmful to city planning. It leads to attempts at warping city life into imitations of town or suburban life. Sentimentality plays with sweet intentions in place of good sense Picture Quote #1

Being human is itself difficult, and therefore all kinds of settlements (except dream cities) have problems. Big cities have difficulties in abundance, because they have people in abundance Picture Quote #1

To approach a city, or even a city neighborhood, as if it were a larger architectural problem, capable of being given order by converting it into a disciplined work of art, is to make the mistake of attempting to substitute art for life. The results of such profound confusion between art and life are neither life nor art. They are taxidermy Picture Quote #1

Does anyone suppose that, in real life, answers to any of the great questions that worry us today are going to come out of homogeneous settlements? Picture Quote #1

Lowly, unpurposeful, and random as they appear, sidewalk contacts are the small change from which a city’s wealth of public life must grow Picture Quote #1

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When we deal with cities we are dealing with life at its most complex and intense. Planners are guided by principles derived from the behaviour and appearance of suburbs, tuberculosis sanatoria, fairs and imaginary dream cities - from anything but cities themselves Picture Quote #1

Observation of realities has never, to put it mildly, been one of the strengths of economic development theory Picture Quote #1

New ideas often need old buildings Picture Quote #1

Sentimentality about nature denatures everything it touches Picture Quote #1

Designing a dream city is easy; rebuilding a living one takes imagination Picture Quote #1

New ideas must use old buildings Picture Quote #1

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The point of cities is multiplicity of choice Picture Quote #1

In wretched outcomes, the devil is in the details Picture Quote #1

Traffic congestion is caused by vehicles, not by people in themselves Picture Quote #1

You can’t rely on bringing people downtown, you have to put them there Picture Quote #1

Old ideas can sometimes use new buildings. New ideas must use old buildings Picture Quote #1

There are fashions in building. Behind the fashions lie economic and technological reasons, and these fashions exclude all but a few genuinely different possibilities in city dwelling construction at any one time Picture Quote #1

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There is no logic that can be superimposed on the city; people make it, and it is to them, not buildings, that we must fit our plans Picture Quote #1

I was so grateful to be independent of the academic establishment. I thought, how awful it would be to have my future hinge on such people and such decisions Picture Quote #1

The trouble with paternalists is that they want to make impossibly profound changes, and they choose impossibly superficial means for doing so Picture Quote #1

One wonders at the docility of the students who evidently must be satisfied enough with the credentials to be uncaring about the lack of education Picture Quote #1

Beneficent spirals, operating by benign feedback, mean that everything needful is not required at once: each individual improvement is beneficial for the whole Picture Quote #1

Great cities are not like towns, only larger. They differ from towns and suburbs in basic ways, and one of these is that cities are, by definition, full of strangers Picture Quote #1

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Erosion of cities or attrition of automobiles (Jane Jacobs Quotes) One wonders at the docility of the students who evidently must be satisfied enough with the credentials to be uncaring about the lack of education. (Jane Jacobs Quotes) It is hopeless to try to convert some borders into seams (Jane Jacobs Quotes) Design is people (Jane Jacobs Quotes) Observation of realities has never, to put it mildly, been one of the strengths of economic development theory (Jane Jacobs Quotes) Does anyone suppose that, in real life, answers to any of the great questions that worry us today are going to come out of homogeneous settlements (Jane Jacobs Quotes) The salient mystery of Dark Ages sets the stage for mass amnesia. People living in vigorous cultures typically treasure those cultures and resist any threat to them. How and why can a people so totally discard a formerly vital culture that it becomes vitally lost (Jane Jacobs Quotes) Neighborhood is a word that has come to sound like a Valentine. As a sentimental concept, ‘neighborhood’ is harmful to city planning. It leads to attempts at warping city life into imitations of town or suburban life. Sentimentality plays with sweet intentions in place of good sense (Jane Jacobs Quotes) Being human is itself difficult, and therefore all kinds of settlements (except dream cities) have problems. Big cities have difficulties in abundance, because they have people in abundance (Jane Jacobs Quotes) To approach a city, or even a city neighborhood, as if it were a larger architectural problem, capable of being given order by converting it into a disciplined work of art, is to make the mistake of attempting to substitute art for life. The results of such profound confusion between art and life are neither life nor art. They are taxidermy (Jane Jacobs Quotes) Does anyone suppose that, in real life, answers to any of the great questions that worry us today are going to come out of homogeneous settlements? (Jane Jacobs Quotes) Lowly, unpurposeful, and random as they appear, sidewalk contacts are the small change from which a city’s wealth of public life must grow. (Jane Jacobs Quotes) When we deal with cities we are dealing with life at its most complex and intense. Planners are guided by principles derived from the behaviour and appearance of suburbs, tuberculosis sanatoria, fairs and imaginary dream cities - from anything but cities themselves. (Jane Jacobs Quotes) Observation of realities has never, to put it mildly, been one of the strengths of economic development theory. (Jane Jacobs Quotes) New ideas often need old buildings (Jane Jacobs Quotes) Sentimentality about nature denatures everything it touches (Jane Jacobs Quotes) Designing a dream city is easy; rebuilding a living one takes imagination (Jane Jacobs Quotes) New ideas must use old buildings (Jane Jacobs Quotes) The point of cities is multiplicity of choice (Jane Jacobs Quotes) In wretched outcomes, the devil is in the details (Jane Jacobs Quotes) Traffic congestion is caused by vehicles, not by people in themselves (Jane Jacobs Quotes) You can’t rely on bringing people downtown, you have to put them there (Jane Jacobs Quotes) Old ideas can sometimes use new buildings. New ideas must use old buildings (Jane Jacobs Quotes) There are fashions in building. Behind the fashions lie economic and technological reasons, and these fashions exclude all but a few genuinely different possibilities in city dwelling construction at any one time (Jane Jacobs Quotes) There is no logic that can be superimposed on the city; people make it, and it is to them, not buildings, that we must fit our plans (Jane Jacobs Quotes) I was so grateful to be independent of the academic establishment. I thought, how awful it would be to have my future hinge on such people and such decisions (Jane Jacobs Quotes) The trouble with paternalists is that they want to make impossibly profound changes, and they choose impossibly superficial means for doing so (Jane Jacobs Quotes) One wonders at the docility of the students who evidently must be satisfied enough with the credentials to be uncaring about the lack of education (Jane Jacobs Quotes) Beneficent spirals, operating by benign feedback, mean that everything needful is not required at once: each individual improvement is beneficial for the whole (Jane Jacobs Quotes) Great cities are not like towns, only larger. They differ from towns and suburbs in basic ways, and one of these is that cities are, by definition, full of strangers (Jane Jacobs Quotes)

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