169 Quotes by Lewis Mumford

One of the functions of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.

In vulgar usage, progress has come to mean limitless movement in space and time, accompanied, necessarily, by an equally limitless command of energy: culminating in limitless destruction.

The earth is the Lord's fullness thereof: this is no longer a hollow dictum of religion, but a directive for economic action toward human brotherhood.

Integration proceeds by just the opposite route: a deliberate heightening of every organic function; a release of impulses from circumstances that irrationally thwarted them; richer and more complex patterns of activity; an esthetic heightening of anticipated realizations; a steady lengthening of the future; a faith in cosmic perspectives.

The artist does not illustrate science (but) he frequently responds to the same interests that a scientist does.

The Fujiyama of Architecture?at once a lofty mountain and a national shrine.

Forget the damned motor car and build the cities for lovers and friends.

The fact that order and creativity are complementary has been basic to man's cultural development; for he has to internalize order to be able to give external form to his creativity.

The way people in democracies think of the government as something different from themselves is a real handicap. And, of course, sometimes the government confirms their opinion.