The Philosopher
Jane Jacobs
The face
The background
- Nationality:
- American-Canadian
- Schools:
- New Urbanism
- Branchs:
- Urban studies, Sociology, Economics
- Period:
- 20th-21st century
The synopsis
The works
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
Cities and the Wealth of Nations: Principles of Economic Life
The Economy of Cities
The Question of Separatism
Systems of Survival
The Nature of Economies
Dark Age Ahead
The quotes
Design is people.
Sentimentality about nature denatures everything it touches.
Some men tend to cling to old intellectual excitements, just as some belles, when they are old ladies, still cling to the fashions and coiffures of their exciting youth.
There is a quality even meaner than outright ugliness or disorder, and this meaner quality is the dishonest mask of pretended order, achieved by ignoring or suppressing the real order that is struggling to exist and to be served.
The point of cities is multiplicity of choice.