[If Quebec became sovereign] there would be one level of government that would be missing, one less level of government. The municipality would become the second level.

Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody.

Streets and their sidewalks-the main public places of a city-are its most vital organs.

Designing a dream city is easy; rebuilding a living one takes imagination.

There is no logic that can be superimposed on the city; people make it, and it is to them, not buildings, that we must fit our plans.

Intricate minglings of different uses in cities are not a form of chaos. On the contrary, they represent a complex and highly developed form of order.

While you are looking, you might as well also listen, linger and think about what you see.

The ballet of the good city sidewalk never repeats itself from place to place, and in any one place is always replete with new improvisations.

This is something everyone knows: A well-used city street is apt to be a safe street. A deserted city street is apt to be unsafe.

People must take a modicum of public responsibility for each other even if they have no ties to each other.

This is what a city is, bits and pieces that supplement each other and support each other.

Surely there is something in the unruffled calm of nature that overawes our little anxieties and doubts

A drunkard is one thing, and a temperate man is quite another.

I really enjoy taking an outdoor shower.

I spent my time trying to understand grand jury procedure - a topic about which I never before had the slightest interest.

I generally circuit train and do Pilates.

I assume that to prevent illness in later life, you should never have been born at all.

Our worst fault is our preoccupation with the faults of others.

There are three things to remember when teaching: know your stuff; know whom you are stuffing; and then stuff them elegantly.

We should stop arguing about tax cuts in this town.

One day I woke up and discovered that I was in love with tripe.