Lewis Mumford

“For most Americans, progress means accepting what is new because it is new, and discarding what is old because it is old.”

“In their worship of the machine, the Americans have settled for something less than a full life, something that is hardly even a tenth of life, or a hundredth of a life. They have confused progress with mechanization.”

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

“The artist has a special task and duty: the task of reminding men of their humanity and the promise of their creativity.”