I Think It Is Fatal To Specialize.

Cities Have The Capability Of Providing Something For Everybody, Only Because, And Only When, They Are Created By Everybody.

Poverty Has No Causes. Only Prosperity Has Causes. Analogically, Heat Is A Result Of Active Processes; It Has Causes. But Cold Is Not The Result Of Any Processes; It Is Only The Absence Of Heat. Just So, The Great Cold Of Poverty And Economic Stagnation Is Merely The Absence Of Economic Development.

Nations Are Political And Military Entities, And So Are Blocs Of Nations. But It Doesn't Necessarily Follow From This That They Are Also The Basic, Salient Entities Of Economic Life Or That They Are Particularly Useful For Probing The Mysteries Of Economic Structure, The Reasons For Rise And Decline Of Wealth. Indeed, The Failure Of National Governments And Blocs Of Nations To Force Economic Life To Do Their Bidding Suggests Some Sort Of Essential Irrelevance.

There Is No New World That You Make Without The Old World.

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.