The city is a fact in nature, like a cave, a run of mackerel, or an ant heap. But it is also a conscious work of art, and it holds within its communal framework many simpler and more personal forms of art. -- Lewis Mumford

But what we have to express in expressing our cities is not to be scorned. Their intricate order -- a manifestation of the freedom of countless numbers of people to make and carry out countless plans -- is in many ways a great wonder. -- Jane Jacobs