Jaime lerner

Many cities end up putting off things because they want to understand everything. They don't understand that innovating is about starting. Taking care of a city is a process that you start, and then...

Cities are not problems. They are solutions.

There are three major issues now that are becoming important, not only for cities, but for all mankind: Mobility, sustainability - which is linked to mobility - and social diversity.

The design of a city is like a strange archeology.

There is no place in a city that can't be better. There is no toad that can't be a princess, no frog that can't become a prince.

I always run into these Ph.D.s. They write and write and write about sustainable development. Then these guys ask me, 'But, how do you do it?' They are scared to death to do anything.

Every city has to deal with the problem of cars and public transport.

After working in cities for nearly 40 years, I am telling you that every city can improve its quality of life in less than three years, no matter the scale or the financial conditions.

We can't have landfills forever, and we can't ask others to accept our trash.

A city grows like an organism. It is a structure of living and working together a mix of functions.