Howard Mansfield Quotes:

We may talk of saving antique linens, species, or languages; but whatever we are intent on saving, when a restoration succeeds, we rescue ourselves.

source: - Howard Mansfield (2001). “The Same Ax, Twice: Restoration and Renewal in a Throwaway Age”, p.12, UPNE

Topics: Restoration, Saving, May, Linen

We have everywhere an absence of memory. Architects sometimes talk of building with context and continuity in mind, religious leaders call it tradition, social workers say it's a sense of community, but it is memory we have banished from our cities. We have speed and power, but no place. Travel, but no destination. Convenience, but no ease.

Topics: Religious, Memories, Cities, Religious Leaders

Four hundred years is but a moment in 10,000 years. Time is curved, time is braided. Throw out your clocks.

source: - Howard Mansfield (2010). “Turn and Jump: How Time & Place Fell Apart”, p.218, Down East Books

Topics: Years, Four, Moments