David Byrne’s Perfect City - WSJ.com

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A quote by David Byrne from Matt's article that I thought I was worth saving in it's own right: "A city can't be too small. Size guarantees anonymity—if you make an embarrassing mistake in a large city, and it's not on the cover of the Post, you can probably try again. The generous attitude towards failure that big cities afford is invaluable—it's how things get created. In a small town everyone knows about your failures, so you are more careful about what you might attempt."

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