Lewis Mumford Quotes

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Lewis Mumford

Profession : Sociologist

Birth : October 19, 1895

War is the supreme drama of a completely mechanized society.

Lewis Mumford

In war, the army is not merely a pure consumer, but a negative producer.

Lewis Mumford

War vies with magic in its efforts to get something for nothing.

Lewis Mumford

Don't take the will for the deed; get the deed.

Lewis Mumford

The artist does not illustrate science (but) he frequently responds to the same interests that a scientist does.

Lewis Mumford

Today, the notion of progress in a single line without goal or limit seems perhaps the most parochial notion of a very parochial century.

Lewis Mumford

The earth is the Lord's fullness thereof: this is no longer a hollow dictum of religion, but a directive for economic action toward human brotherhood.

Lewis Mumford

Nothing is unthinkable, nothing impossible to the balanced person, provided it comes out of the needs of life and is dedicated to life's further development.

Lewis Mumford

The vast material displacements the machine has made in our physical environment are perhaps in the long run less important than its spiritual contributions to our culture.

Lewis Mumford