The screech and mechanical uproar of the big city turns the citified head, fills citified ears -- as the song of birds, wind in the trees, animal cries, or as the voices and songs of his loved ones once filled his heart. He is sidewalk-happy.
Source: The Living City, pt. 1, Earth (1958).
-- Frank Lloyd Wright, (Jun 8 1869-1959), US architect, writer; He created and wrote about Organic Architecture, 1939 for homes and buildings of functional, dramatic simplicity.