Author: Lewis Mumford

Quotes

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

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

- Lewis Mumford

To curb the machine and limit art to handicraft is a denial of opportunity.

To curb the machine and limit art to handicraft is a denial of opportunity.

- Lewis Mumford

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.

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.

- Lewis Mumford

War is the supreme drama of a completely mechanized society.

War is the supreme drama of a completely mechanized society.

- Lewis Mumford

Our national flower is the concrete cloverleaf.

Our national flower is the concrete cloverleaf.

- Lewis Mumford

The chief function of the city is to convert power into form, energy into culture, dead matter into the living symbols of art, biological reproduction into social creativity.

The chief function of the city is to convert power into form, energy into culture, dead matter into the living symbols of art, biological reproduction into social creativity.

- Lewis Mumford

War vies with magic in its efforts to get something for nothing.

War vies with magic in its efforts to get something for nothing.

- Lewis Mumford

Nothing is unthinkable, nothing impossible to the balanced person, provided it comes out of the needs of life and is dedicated to life's further development.

Nothing is unthinkable, nothing impossible to the balanced person, provided it comes out of the needs of life and is dedicated to life's further development.

- Lewis Mumford

A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind.

A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind.

- Lewis Mumford

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