Urban Appreciation Quotes

There may not be a Heaven, but there is a San Francisco.

I quite like L.A.

I love Chicago. I think it's an amazing city.

Too many people take New York for granted. The primary reason is that history is not taught. That's outrageous in a city where the past is still visible.

I like Detroit.

Relationships with cities are similar to relationships with people: being away from both can really make you appreciate what you have.

So I said to myself-I'll paint what I see-what the flower is to me but I'll paint it big and they will be surprised into taking the time to look at it-I will make even busy New Yorkers take time to see what I see of flowers.

I was raised in New York, so that's the greatest city in the world to me, but if you take that out of the equation, then London is my favourite city, and I'm a huge fan of Dublin as well.

I’m just mad for San Francisco. It is like London and Paris stacked on top of each other.

The citizen takes his city for granted far too often. He forgets to marvel.

I've reported murders, scandals, marriages, premieres and national political conventions. I've been amused, intrigued, outraged, enthralled and exasperated by Chicago. And I've come to love this American giant, viewing it as the most misunderstood, most underrated city in the world. There is none other quite like my City of Big Shoulders.

There are people who have a penchant for cities-more than that, a talent for them, a gift of sensing them, of feeling their rhythm and pulsebeats, as others have a highly developed music sense, or color reaction. It is a thing that cannot be acquired.

I'd rather promote New York than anything else in this world because New York to me means the world.

I didn't really get London until I read Dickens. Then I was charmed to death by it.

I appreciate my city very much. When I go to America and Europe, and I tell everyone I'm from London, I'm proud.

You look at passers-by in Rome and think, 'Do they know what they have here?' You can say the same about Philadelphia. Do people know what went on here?

I love L.A., L.A. was beautiful for me.

I love Chicago, and I still think it's the best city there is.

I should add that I very much enjoy certain cities especially Paris, New York and Chicago.

I love N.Y.C.! I can't think of any individual that hates New York.