“The city is builtTo music, therefore never built at all,And therefore built forever.”

“The Lynburns built this town on their blood and bones.""That was their first mistake," Jared said. "They should've built a city on rock and roll.”

“You can be desperate but do not be hasty. No city is built in a day”

“...nothing that is historical can relate itself, from its own ground, to anything messianic. Therefore, the Kingdom of God is not the telos of the historical dynamic; it cannot be established as a goal. From the standpoint of history, it is not the goal but the terminus [Ende]. Therefore, the secular order cannot be built on the idea of the Divine Kingdom, and theocracy has no political but only a religious meaning.”

“Aoi: Our motto is: music is music, therefore there should not be any boundaries or intolerance.”

“In great cities, spaces as well as places are designed and built: walking, witnessing, being in public, are as much part of the design and purpose as is being inside to eat, sleep, make shoes or love or music. The word citizen has to do with cities, and the ideal city is organized around citizenship -- around participation in public life.”