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William H. Whyte Quotes: It is difficult to design a space that will not attract people. What is remarkable is how often this has been accomplished.
         

It is difficult to design a space that will not attract people. What is remarkable is how often this has been accomplished.


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What attracts people most, it would appear, is other people.



So-called 'undesirables' are not the problem. It is the measures taken to combat them that is the problem.

So-called 'undesirables' are not the problem. It is the measures taken to combat them that is the problem.



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If you want to seed a place with activity, the first thing to do is to put out food.



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People very rarely think in groups; they talk together, they exchange information, they adjudicate, they make compromises. But they do not think; they do not create.

People very rarely think in groups; they talk together, they exchange information, they adjudicate, they make compromises. But they do not think; they do not create.



It’s not right to put water before people and then keep them away from it.

It’s not right to put water before people and then keep them away from it.



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Trees are contagious; as soon as one neighborhood or street is planted, citizen pressure builds up for action from the next street.



The onlooker had better wipe the sympathy off his face. What he has seen is a revolution, not the home of little cogs and drones. What he has seen is the dormitory of the next managerial class.

The onlooker had better wipe the sympathy off his face. What he has seen is a revolution, not the home of little cogs and drones. What he has seen is the dormitory of the next managerial class.



People do not always argue because they misunderstand one another, they argue because they hold different goals.

People do not always argue because they misunderstand one another, they argue because they hold different goals.





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