Denser cities are smarter and more productive

I call the age we are entering the creative age because the key factor propelling us forward is the rise of creativity as the primary mover of our economy.

People don't need to be managed, they need to be unleashed.

Places that succeed in attracting and retaining creative class people prosper; those that fail don't.

Access to talented and creative people is to modern business what access to coal and iron ore was to steel-making.

Human creativity is the ultimate economic resource.

Ideas are the currency of the new economy.

The creative individual is no longer viewed as an iconoclast. He—or she—is the new mainstream.

Beneath the surface, unnoticed by many, an even deeper force was at work—the rise of creativity as a fundamental economic driver, and the rise of a new social class, the Creative Class.

Snoop is a tour de force! It’s one of the smartest and most original books I’ve come across in a long time. I devoured it and then rushed over to clean up my desk and change my iPod playlist.

Builders need to take their preeminent position back from the traders for the economy of the future to flourish.

I want her back" I said "I want HIM back"~Charlie

Suffering raises up those souls that are truly great it is only small souls that are made mean-spirited by it.

Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.

Chaos in the midst of chaos isn't funny, but chaos in the midst of order is.

Nobility is expensive, nonproductive, and parasitic, siphoning away too much of society’s energy to satisfy its frivolous cravings.

Don't be afraid! We won't make an author of you, while there's an honest trade to be learnt, or brick-making to turn to.

I'm an only child and an American and am wholly in favor of uniqueness of voice in everything, especially music and writing.

I haven’t been right all year. I guess, you know, when you don’t feel good, and you still get hits, that’s when you know you are a bad man.

To bear defeat with dignity, to accept criticism with poise, to receive honors with humility - these are marks of maturity and graciousness.

I've never been in love... But I imagine it's similar to the feeling you get when you see your waiter arriving with your food