“The chief function of the city is to convert power into form, energy i...” — Lewis Mumford Quote

“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.”

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

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

“Supramolecular chemistry, the designed chemistry of the intermolecular bond, is rapidly expanding at the frontiers of molecular science with physical and biological phenomena.”

“I got a little bit pleased with myself. I didn't buy a Rolls-Royce or anything like that but I didn't see my biological family for a while. I was getting a bit self-important and they told me. They dragged me back.”

“If I hadn't been inside of Biosphere 2 and really lived a biological life-support system, I definitely would not be involved in life-support systems for space.”