The Archive is the collection of all material traces left behind by a particular historical period and culture which one can use to deduce a historical a priori.

Archive is a kind of thought in which the eye goes beyond things to visibilities and language goes beyond words to utterances.

The City is not a concrete jungle, but a human zoo.

The City is itself a threatening natural disaster.

The City is a place where time becomes visible and mind takes form.

City is the only desert still available to us.

Civilization is a religion whose incense is gasoline.

Civilization is true civilization when it provides that every man gives to every other every right that he claims for himself.

Civilization is a path paved with tax receipts.

Civilization's every monument is a monument of barbarism