David Joseph Schwartz Quotes

People from all over the world come to London wanting to make their own mark on it, and they add to the energy and vitality of the capital. It's got a bit busier since the '60s, but the more the merrier!

New York is like a melting pot: so many different people, so many different cultures.

What is New York? A straightforward answer: seven million people crushed onto an island originally settled by the Dutch. But it's more than that. These are seven million who were, mainly, not even born here.

New York is the meeting place of the peoples, the only city where you can hardly find a typical American.

A culture, we all know, is made by its cities.

I lived in L.A. for four years, and basically, every corner you go to, or in a restaurant, you can't even find people from the same background.

In the beginning, New York and I had kind of a love-hate relationship. It seemed so abrasive compared to Europe. But the transformation here in recent years is really something. I don't think I would have seen as much change if I'd lived in any other city in the world.

I'm in love with the markets of the world. It's a photograph of a city, a culture.

Food culture is like listening to the Beatles - it's international, it's very positive, it's inventive and creative.

The thing I love about Vegas is that it's a melting pot. It's like working Ellis Island.

Gastronomy has done more to bring together people of the world than any guns ever could.

I'm an immigrant - I've got to be in the city: London, Vienna, or Rome, but always a city.

I love experiencing new cultures and new foods.

When I was growing up, many of my relatives had never seen a black person before. Today, hundreds, maybe thousands of Africans live in Istanbul's old city alone. It's hard to imagine their lives in their human totality.

When I came to Bombay, as it was called in my time, it was filled with people from everywhere, Kashmir to Kerala.

For people in London, Asian flavors are always part of the culture, more than in New York.

Detroit in its heyday - let's say, 1920s to the '60s - was never a huge downtown-living thing. People lived in the neighborhoods.

In Los Angeles and other cities, being around immigrants is inspiring. They are touching the American Dream and reminding you how much you take it for granted.

I'm an Australian. And I'm speaking generally here, but Australians in general aren't patriotic or nationalistic. Our country was built by immigrants. So, by my experience, I've seen the way immigration has transformed nations. They are the key people who quite literally build civilizations, be it culturally or musically.

There's a huge Indian population here in Toronto. Also, Calgary, Vancouver, Winnipeg, Edmonton - Canada really is a great multicultural country.

L.A. is such a melting pot.

Pittsburgh was a wonderful place to grow up - diverse and complex, one could go from one culture to a completely different one in just a few blocks. It was a whole world in one city.

England really is at the forefront of being a melting pot of all cultures.

In terms of the most unique thing we do socially, my vote goes to something we invented alongside cities - we have lots of anonymous interactions and interactions with strangers. That has shaped us enormously.

Diversity isn't just a hallmark of big cities anymore.