Kevin A. Lynch Quotes

American urban planner and architect (1918-1984)

Kevin A. Lynch (January 7, 1918 - April 25, 1984) was an American urban planner, author and professor. He is known for his contributions to site planning and urban design, having introduced new ways of thinking about how people perceive and navigate urban environments.

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Alternative Names: Kevin Andrew Lynch • Kevin Lynch

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An environment that cannot be changed invites its own destruction.

To attempt to preserve all of the past would be life-denying.

There must also be some random accumulations to enable us to discover unexpected relationships. But serendipity is possible only when recollection is essentially a holding fast to what is meaningful and a release of what is not.

If we examine the feelings that accompany daily life, we find that historic monuments occupy a small place.

Choosing a past helps us to construct a future.