Traditionalists are pessimists about the future and optimists about th… — Quoted

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“Traditionalists are pessimists about the future and optimists about the past.”

Lewis Mumford · Future

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Lewis Mumford

A man of courage never needs weapons, but he may need bail.

Courage

Lewis Mumford

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.

Power

Lewis Mumford

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.

Beauty

Lewis Mumford

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

Food