Lewis Mumford

The way people in democracies think of the government as something different from themselves is a real handicap. And, of course, sometimes the government confirms their opinion. ↗

— Lewis Mumford

#confirms #course #democracies #different #handicap

Don't take the will for the deed; get the deed. ↗

— Lewis Mumford

#get #take #will

Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers. ↗

— Lewis Mumford

#every #fathers #friends #generation #grandfathers

A day spent without the sight or sound of beauty, the contemplation of mystery, or the search of truth or perfection is a poverty-stricken day; and a succession of such days is fatal to human life. ↗

— Lewis Mumford

#contemplation #day #days #fatal #human

It has not been for nothing that the word has remained man's principal toy and tool: without the meanings and values it sustains, all man's other tools would be worthless. ↗

— Lewis Mumford

#man #meanings #nothing #other #principal

New York is the perfect model of a city, not the model of a perfect city. ↗

— Lewis Mumford

#model #new #new york #perfect #york

One of the functions of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence. ↗

— Lewis Mumford

#come #dangers #functions #intelligence #solely

Restore human legs as a means of travel. Pedestrians rely on food for fuel and need no special parking facilities. ↗

— Lewis Mumford

#food #fuel #human #legs #means

The artist does not illustrate science (but) he frequently responds to the same interests that a scientist does. ↗

— Lewis Mumford

#does #frequently #illustrate #interests #responds

The chief function of the city is to convert power into form, energy into culture, dead matter into the living symbols of art, biological reproduction into social creativity. ↗

— Lewis Mumford

#biological #chief #city #convert #creativity