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Where a city is only focused on one aspect, it becomes a city without a soul, not a city people want to live in.

Cities are the crucible of civilization.

The point of cities is multiplicity of choice.

A city is a state - of mind, of taste, of opportunity. A city is a marketplace - where ideas are traded, opinions clash and eternal conflict may produce eternal truths.

Cities are just a physical manifestation of your interactions, our interactions, and the clustering and grouping of individuals.

Cities are the origins of global warming, impact on the environment, health, pollution, disease, finance, economies, energy are all problems that are confronted by having cities. That's where they - all these problems come from.

Cities are not static objects to be feared or admired, but are instead a living process that residents are changing all the time.

It's a difficult task to deal with cities. But with some original ways of getting things done, with some basic commandments, you can really get cities to be a great, great place to live.

Cities are obvious metaphors for life. We call roads 'arteries' and so forth.

Cities are about juxtaposition. In Florence, classical buildings sit against medieval buildings. It's that contrast we like. In Bordeaux, we built law courts right next door to what is effectively a listed historic building, and that makes it exciting.