Clarence Stein

“A city is a place where a small boy, as he walks through it, may see something that will tell him what he wants to do his whole life.”

“The purpose of the city is to provide a creative environment for the creative life.”

“We have been so busy building the city that we have not had time to think about it.”

“Planning is not a matter of drawing lines on a map. It is a matter of providing for the needs of people.”

“The automobile has become a monster that is devouring our cities.”

“We must rebuild our cities, not as they were, but as they should be.”

“The essence of the Radburn Idea is the superblock, the specialized street system, and the park.”

“What is a city, anyway? It is a place where people live, work and play.”