Author: Lewis Mumford

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Misery, mutilation, destruction, terror, starvation and death characterize the process of war and form a principal part of the product.

Misery, mutilation, destruction, terror, starvation and death characterize the process of war and form a principal part of the product.

- Lewis Mumford

War is the supreme drama of a completely mechanized society.

War is the supreme drama of a completely mechanized society.

- Lewis Mumford

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

However far modern science and techniques have fallen short of their inherent possibilities, they have taught mankind at least one lesson; nothing is impossible.

However far modern science and techniques have fallen short of their inherent possibilities, they have taught mankind at least one lesson; nothing is impossible.

- Lewis Mumford

Restore human legs as a means of travel. Pedestrians rely on food for fuel and need no special parking facilities.

Restore human legs as a means of travel. Pedestrians rely on food for fuel and need no special parking facilities.

- 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 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

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

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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