2,405 Quotes About Cities

Oh, it was so hard to leave Paris, just about my favorite city in the world.

The thing about Chicago is that it really isn't like any other place. The architecture and the layout of the city are the best. I'm from the Midwest, and consider myself a Midwesterner. I feel most at home there. I love California. I have great friends in California. I just have always considered Illinois to be home.

I don't believe a Brexit will hurt the City of London as one of the largest financial centers in the world.

Economists are almost unanimous in conceding that the land tax has no adverse side effects. ...Landowners ought to look at both sides of the coin. Applying a tax to land values also means removing other taxes. This would so improve the efficiency of a city that land values would go up more than the increase in taxes on land.

I see the Beijing National Stadium as an architectural project. I accepted Herzog and De Meuron's invitation to collaborate on the design, and our proposal won the competition. From beginning to end, I stayed with the project. I am committed to fostering relationships between a city and its architecture.

A city is a place that can offer maximum freedom. Otherwise it’s incomplete.

Cities really are mental conditions. Beijing is a nightmare. A constant nightmare.

London is a city of clubs and private houses. You have to be a member.

Yeah, it would hurt us, but I think there's a lot of cities it would hurt a lot worse,