People do not always argue because they misunderstand one another, they argue because they hold different goals.

- William H. Whyte

The human backside is a dimension architects seem to have forgotten.

- William H. Whyte

People tend to sit where there are places to sit

- William H. Whyte

People very rarely think in groups; they talk together, they exchange information, they adjudicate, they make compromises. But they do not think; the…

- William H. Whyte

We have been the most prodigal of people with land, and for years we wasted it with impunity. There was so much of it, and no matter how we fouled it…

- William H. Whyte

The onlooker had better wipe the sympathy off his face. What he has seen is a revolution, not the home of little cogs and drones. What he has seen is…

- William H. Whyte

Nonconformity is an empty goal, and rebellion against prevailing opinion merely because it is prevailing should no more be praised than acquiescence …

- William H. Whyte

The street is the river of life of the city, the place where we come together, the pathway to the center.

- William H. Whyte

It is difficult to design a space that will not attract people. What is remarkable is how often this has been accomplished.

- William H. Whyte