Ian Nairn - George Orwell - Ashley Montagu - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Oscar Wilde - Albert Einstein -
If what is called development is allowed to multiply at the present rate, then by the end of the century Great Britain will consist of isolated cases of preserved monuments in a desert of wire, concrete roads, cosy plots and bungalows … Upon this new Britain the Review bestows a name in the hope that it will stick – SUBTOPIA. Ian Nairn, cited Architectural Review, 1955
Men are only as good as their technical development allows them to be. George Orwell
By virtue of being born to humanity, every human being has a right to the development and fulfilment of his potentialities as a human being. Ashley Montagu
Nature knows no pause in progress and development, and attaches her curse on all inaction. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The aim of life is self-development. To realize one’s nature perfectly – that is what each of us is here for. Oscar Wilde
All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual. Albert Einstein