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Jane Jacobs Quotes

But look what we have built... This is not the rebuilding of cities. This is the sacking of cities Picture Quote #1

Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody Picture Quote #1

By its nature, the metropolis provides what otherwise could be given only by traveling; namely, the strange Picture Quote #1

Virtually all ideologues, of any variety, are fearful and insecure, which is why they are drawn to ideologies that promise prefabricated answers for all circumstances Picture Quote #1

To science, not even the bark of a tree or a drop of pond water is dull or a handful of dirt banal. They all arouse awe and wonder Picture Quote #1

A region is an area safely larger than the last one to whose problems we found no solution Picture Quote #1

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It may be that we have become so feckless as a people that we no longer care how things do work, but only what kind of quick, easy outer impression they give. If so, there is little hope for our cities or probably for much else in our society. But I do not think this is so Picture Quote #1

There is a quality even meaner than outright ugliness or disorder, and this meaner quality is the dishonest mask of pretended order, achieved by ignoring or suppressing the real order that is struggling to exist and to be served Picture Quote #1

Some men tend to cling to old intellectual excitements, just as some belles, when they are old ladies, still cling to the fashions and coiffures of their exciting youth Picture Quote #1

Automobiles are often conveniently tagged as the villains responsible for the ills of cities and the disappointments and futilities of city planning. But the destructive effect of automobiles are much less a cause than a symptom of our incompetence at city building Picture Quote #1

As in the pseudoscience of bloodletting, just so in the pseudoscience of city rebuilding and planning, years of learning and a plethora of subtle and complicated dogma have arisen on a foundation of nonsense Picture Quote #1

Intricate minglings of different uses in cities are not a form of chaos. On the contrary, they represent a complex and highly developed form of order Picture Quote #1

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Dull, inert cities, it is true, do contain the seeds of their own destruction and little else. But lively, diverse, intense cities contain the seeds of their own regeneration, with energy enough to carry over for problems and needs outside themselves Picture Quote #1

This is what a city is, bits and pieces that supplement each other and support each other Picture Quote #1

The ballet of the good city sidewalk never repeats itself from place to place, and in any one place is always replete with new improvisations Picture Quote #1

People must take a modicum of public responsibility for each other even if they have no ties to each other 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

The first fundamental of successful city life: People must take a modicum of responsibility for each other even if they have no ties to each other. This is a lesson no one learns by being told. It is learned from the experience of having other people without ties of kinship or close friendship or formal responsibility to you take a modicum of responsibility for you Picture Quote #1

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While you are looking, you might as well also listen, linger and think about what you see Picture Quote #1

Whenever and wherever societies have flourished and prospered rather than stagnated and decayed, creative and workable cities have been at the core of the phenomenon. Decaying cities, declining economies, and mounting social troubles travel together. The combination is not coincidental Picture Quote #1

Almost nobody travels willingly from sameness to sameness and repetition to repetition, even if the physical effort required is trivial Picture Quote #1

Cities are an immense laboratory of trial and error, failure and success, in city building and city design Picture Quote #1

All through organized history, if you wanted prosperity you had to have cities. Cities are places that attract new people with new ideas Picture Quote #1

When we deal with cities we are dealing with life at its most complex and intense. Because this is so, there is a basic esthetic limitation on what can be done with cities: a city cannot be a work of art Picture Quote #1

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Today barbarism has taken over many city streets, or people fear it has, which comes to much the same thing in the end Picture Quote #1

Innovating economies expand and develop. Economies that do not add new kinds of goods and services, but continue only to repeat old work, do not expand much nor do they, by definition, develop Picture Quote #1

Power is supposed to be so corrupt. I don’t think it’s so much corrupt, in the usual sense of the word, as stupid and unrealistic. The more power a person has, the further he gets from reality Picture Quote #1

It is immoral for powerless people to accept this powerlessness. They may not succeed in getting power but they can fight for it, and if enough fight for it, it makes it very difficult for the people with the big sticks Picture Quote #1

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But look what we have built... This is not the rebuilding of cities. This is the sacking of cities (Jane Jacobs Quotes) Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody (Jane Jacobs Quotes) By its nature, the metropolis provides what otherwise could be given only by traveling; namely, the strange (Jane Jacobs Quotes) Virtually all ideologues, of any variety, are fearful and insecure, which is why they are drawn to ideologies that promise prefabricated answers for all circumstances (Jane Jacobs Quotes) To science, not even the bark of a tree or a drop of pond water is dull or a handful of dirt banal. They all arouse awe and wonder (Jane Jacobs Quotes) A region is an area safely larger than the last one to whose problems we found no solution (Jane Jacobs Quotes) It may be that we have become so feckless as a people that we no longer care how things do work, but only what kind of quick, easy outer impression they give. If so, there is little hope for our cities or probably for much else in our society. But I do not think this is so (Jane Jacobs Quotes) There is a quality even meaner than outright ugliness or disorder, and this meaner quality is the dishonest mask of pretended order, achieved by ignoring or suppressing the real order that is struggling to exist and to be served (Jane Jacobs Quotes) Some men tend to cling to old intellectual excitements, just as some belles, when they are old ladies, still cling to the fashions and coiffures of their exciting youth (Jane Jacobs Quotes) Automobiles are often conveniently tagged as the villains responsible for the ills of cities and the disappointments and futilities of city planning. But the destructive effect of automobiles are much less a cause than a symptom of our incompetence at city building (Jane Jacobs Quotes) As in the pseudoscience of bloodletting, just so in the pseudoscience of city rebuilding and planning, years of learning and a plethora of subtle and complicated dogma have arisen on a foundation of nonsense (Jane Jacobs Quotes) Intricate minglings of different uses in cities are not a form of chaos. On the contrary, they represent a complex and highly developed form of order (Jane Jacobs Quotes) Dull, inert cities, it is true, do contain the seeds of their own destruction and little else. But lively, diverse, intense cities contain the seeds of their own regeneration, with energy enough to carry over for problems and needs outside themselves (Jane Jacobs Quotes) This is what a city is, bits and pieces that supplement each other and support each other (Jane Jacobs Quotes) The ballet of the good city sidewalk never repeats itself from place to place, and in any one place is always replete with new improvisations (Jane Jacobs Quotes) People must take a modicum of public responsibility for each other even if they have no ties to each other (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) The first fundamental of successful city life: People must take a modicum of responsibility for each other even if they have no ties to each other. This is a lesson no one learns by being told. It is learned from the experience of having other people without ties of kinship or close friendship or formal responsibility to you take a modicum of responsibility for you (Jane Jacobs Quotes) While you are looking, you might as well also listen, linger and think about what you see (Jane Jacobs Quotes) Whenever and wherever societies have flourished and prospered rather than stagnated and decayed, creative and workable cities have been at the core of the phenomenon. Decaying cities, declining economies, and mounting social troubles travel together. The combination is not coincidental (Jane Jacobs Quotes) Almost nobody travels willingly from sameness to sameness and repetition to repetition, even if the physical effort required is trivial (Jane Jacobs Quotes) Cities are an immense laboratory of trial and error, failure and success, in city building and city design (Jane Jacobs Quotes) All through organized history, if you wanted prosperity you had to have cities. Cities are places that attract new people with new ideas (Jane Jacobs Quotes) When we deal with cities we are dealing with life at its most complex and intense. Because this is so, there is a basic esthetic limitation on what can be done with cities: a city cannot be a work of art (Jane Jacobs Quotes) Today barbarism has taken over many city streets, or people fear it has, which comes to much the same thing in the end (Jane Jacobs Quotes) Innovating economies expand and develop. Economies that do not add new kinds of goods and services, but continue only to repeat old work, do not expand much nor do they, by definition, develop (Jane Jacobs Quotes) Power is supposed to be so corrupt. I don’t think it’s so much corrupt, in the usual sense of the word, as stupid and unrealistic. The more power a person has, the further he gets from reality (Jane Jacobs Quotes) It is immoral for powerless people to accept this powerlessness. They may not succeed in getting power but they can fight for it, and if enough fight for it, it makes it very difficult for the people with the big sticks (Jane Jacobs Quotes)

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