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Public Spaces Quotes

NASA was going to pick a public school teacher to go into space, observe and make a journal about the space flight, and I am a teacher who always dreamed of going up into space Picture Quote #1

Speech within the kingdom of Amazonia - run by its sovereign Jeff Bezos and his board of directors with help from the wise counsel and judgment of the company’s executives - is not protected in the same way that speech is constitutionally protected in America’s public spaces Picture Quote #1

My generation is so used to having our public spaces look like the Starbucks, with the beautiful lighting and the little bit of Nina Simone and my coffee that’s blended a certain way from Costa Rica Picture Quote #1

The importance of pedestrian public spaces cannot be measured, but most other important things in life cannot be measured either: Friendship, beauty, love and loyalty are examples. Parks and other pedestrian places are essential to a city’s happiness Picture Quote #1

I like my surroundings to be pretty spare and severe. It helps me to concentrate on my work. All I ever do here is go from my studio to my bedroom. Everything else is extraneous. I never entertain, because to me, New York is about meeting people in public spaces, absorbing a little bit of their energy Picture Quote #1

All but universally, human architecture values front elevations over back entrances, public spaces over private. Danny Jessup says that this aspect of architecture is also a reflection of human nature, that most people care more about their appearance than they do about their souls Picture Quote #1

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A library in the middle of a community is a cross between an emergency exit, a life-raft and a festival. They are cathedrals of the mind; hospitals of the soul; theme parks of the imagination. On a cold rainy island, they are the only sheltered public spaces where you are not a consumer, but a citizen instead Picture Quote #1

Most of us still haven’t grasped the fact that everything we commit to the digital space - not just our public blogs and broadcast tweets, but every private text message, email, and voicemail is likely to be stored and accessible. Forever Picture Quote #1

Our public spaces are as profound as we allow them to be Picture Quote #1

We talk about politicians being in public life, but they seldom appear in the public space where everyone is free to appear as a citizen Picture Quote #1

Public intellectuals come from a range of areas and use their expertise to comment more widely than just their field. They want to make a contribution to public space, and they stick their necks out to do it Picture Quote #1

When public policy is directed toward urban spaces, it is directed toward people who sit at the margins Picture Quote #1

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I want people to get inspired by public space - their space. People tend to forget about it because they do the daily thing, but putting up these sculptures breaks the routine Picture Quote #1

Architecture is about public space held by buildings Picture Quote #1

Portable designs have the power to transform unused public spaces into dynamic environments that build and invite communal experiences Picture Quote #1

It’s not about doing over the living room of someone who has bad taste in color. This is about restoring historic buildings and instilling pride in a community, which can be done through designing new public spaces and social gathering spots Picture Quote #1

The measure of any great civilization is its cities and a measure of a city’s greatness is to be found in the quality of its public spaces, its parks and squares Picture Quote #1

If you look at the entrance halls of the skyscrapers of the 1920s and 1930s, they are very welcoming. They are public spaces with enormous amounts of display and marble and so on. They were havens off the street Picture Quote #1

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Without a shadow of doubt, Trafalgar Square has to be one of the most crap urban public spaces in the world Picture Quote #1

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NASA was going to pick a public school teacher to go into space, observe and make a journal about the space flight, and I am a teacher who always dreamed of going up into space. (Public Spaces Quotes) Speech within the kingdom of Amazonia - run by its sovereign Jeff Bezos and his board of directors with help from the wise counsel and judgment of the company’s executives - is not protected in the same way that speech is constitutionally protected in America’s public spaces. (Public Spaces Quotes) My generation is so used to having our public spaces look like the Starbucks, with the beautiful lighting and the little bit of Nina Simone and my coffee that’s blended a certain way from Costa Rica. (Public Spaces Quotes) The importance of pedestrian public spaces cannot be measured, but most other important things in life cannot be measured either: Friendship, beauty, love and loyalty are examples. Parks and other pedestrian places are essential to a city’s happiness (Public Spaces Quotes) I like my surroundings to be pretty spare and severe. It helps me to concentrate on my work. All I ever do here is go from my studio to my bedroom. Everything else is extraneous. I never entertain, because to me, New York is about meeting people in public spaces, absorbing a little bit of their energy (Public Spaces Quotes) All but universally, human architecture values front elevations over back entrances, public spaces over private. Danny Jessup says that this aspect of architecture is also a reflection of human nature, that most people care more about their appearance than they do about their souls (Public Spaces Quotes) A library in the middle of a community is a cross between an emergency exit, a life-raft and a festival. They are cathedrals of the mind; hospitals of the soul; theme parks of the imagination. On a cold rainy island, they are the only sheltered public spaces where you are not a consumer, but a citizen instead (Public Spaces Quotes) Most of us still haven’t grasped the fact that everything we commit to the digital space - not just our public blogs and broadcast tweets, but every private text message, email, and voicemail is likely to be stored and accessible. Forever (Public Spaces Quotes) Our public spaces are as profound as we allow them to be (Public Spaces Quotes) We talk about politicians being in public life, but they seldom appear in the public space where everyone is free to appear as a citizen (Public Spaces Quotes) Public intellectuals come from a range of areas and use their expertise to comment more widely than just their field. They want to make a contribution to public space, and they stick their necks out to do it (Public Spaces Quotes) When public policy is directed toward urban spaces, it is directed toward people who sit at the margins (Public Spaces Quotes) I want people to get inspired by public space - their space. People tend to forget about it because they do the daily thing, but putting up these sculptures breaks the routine (Public Spaces Quotes) Architecture is about public space held by buildings (Public Spaces Quotes) Portable designs have the power to transform unused public spaces into dynamic environments that build and invite communal experiences (Public Spaces Quotes) It’s not about doing over the living room of someone who has bad taste in color. This is about restoring historic buildings and instilling pride in a community, which can be done through designing new public spaces and social gathering spots (Public Spaces Quotes) The measure of any great civilization is its cities and a measure of a city’s greatness is to be found in the quality of its public spaces, its parks and squares (Public Spaces Quotes) If you look at the entrance halls of the skyscrapers of the 1920s and 1930s, they are very welcoming. They are public spaces with enormous amounts of display and marble and so on. They were havens off the street (Public Spaces Quotes) Without a shadow of doubt, Trafalgar Square has to be one of the most crap urban public spaces in the world (Public Spaces Quotes)