Lewis Mumford Quotes:
Ocupation: Historian
Life: October 19, 1895 - January 26, 1990
Birthday: October 19
Death: January 26
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. Mind takes form in the city; and in turn, urban forms condition mind.
source: "The Culture of Cities". Book by Lewis Mumford. Introduction, 1938.
topic: Running, Art, Nature, Mackerel, City Life
