The paradigm of physics - with its interplay of data, theory and prediction - is the most powerful in science.

- Geoffrey West

Cities are the crucible of civilization.

- Geoffrey West

You could not have evolved a complex system like a city or an organism - with an enormous number of components - without the emergence of laws that c…

- Geoffrey West

We form cities in order to enhance interaction, to facilitate growth, wealth creation, ideas, innovation, but in so doing, we create from - from a p…

- Geoffrey West

One of the remarkable things about slums is that they do develop their own social organization and economy and even culture that is, on some level, f…

- Geoffrey West

Cities are obvious metaphors for life. We call roads arteries and so forth.

- Geoffrey West

Cities tolerate crazy people. Companies don't.

- Geoffrey West

When people come together, they become much more productive.

- Geoffrey West