Below are quotes by Myron Goldfinger arranged by topic:

On Urban Design and Community:

“A community architecture must provide for the means of communication which can enrich and substantiate a true building art. Communal architectural survival must go hand in hand with a spirit of touch, see and be. Barriers can only divide and and cause aloneness and aloofness. A community architecture starts in the streets, extends into the parks, and reaches the rivers. It depends on public response for its very existence and therefore reflects the will of the people. What is achieved is a place for human experience, a rich variety of forms and spaces in which to live, a structural framework which permits the expression of the individual, and the aprticipation of all.” - in Myron Goldfinger. Villages in the Sun: Mediterranean Community Architecture. Praeger Publishers, 1969.

“Today, there are two major problems raised by the changing conditions within our cities. First, there is a lack of cohesive order and sound judgement in the multiplicity of isolated structures; speculative ventures have created a disorder of anonymous high-rise residential structures in the midst of our urban centers. Second, the vast development of anonymous public residential structures has created large and monotonous exapnses of building conformity lacking any vital ingredients for the enhancement of living. Together, these extreme conditions have completely destroyed neighborhood patterns and identity and have drastically affected the social order of the original neighborhood residents while achieving nothing for the new urbanites. There is absolutely no feeling for urban unity, and less feeling for the urban community.” - in Myron Goldfinger. Villages in the Sun: Mediterranean Community Architecture. Praeger Publishers, 1969.

On Architecture:

“In architecture today, there are many branches of development that have become separated from their roots; poor building results from a lack of understanding of fundamental problems and from the superficial adaptation of expedient solutions. While our knowledge of technology and psychology has increased, we have not applied new techniques and methods to building, nor have we substantially increased our understanding of the basic problems of shelter.” - in Myron Goldfinger. Villages in the Sun: Mediterranean Community Architecture. Praeger Publishers, 1969.