Jaime Lerner Quotes

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• There is no endeavor more noble than the attempt to achieve a collective dream.
• There is little in the architecture of a city that is more beautifully designed than a tree.
• Creativity starts when you cut a zero from your budget.
• The lack of resources is no longer an excuse not to act. The idea that action should only be taken after all the answers and…
• There is no endeavor more noble than the attempt to achieve a collective dream. When a city accepts as a mandate its quality of life,…
• The city is not the problem; the city is the solution,
• Every city in the world can be improved in less than three years.
• The secret to the city is integration. Every area of the city should combine work, leisure and culture. Separate these functions and parts of the…
• If you provide good alternatives for public transport, you won't have traffic problems.
• A lot of people assume that the expensive ideas are the most effective ones, but that is simply not true.
• If you want creativity, take a zero off your budget. If you want sustainability, take off two zeros.
• A car is like a mother-in-law - if you let it, it will rule your life.
• The design of a city is like a strange archeology.
• A city grows like an organism. It is a structure of living and working together a mix of functions.
• Cities are not problems. They are solutions.
• Every city has to deal with the problem of cars and public transport.
• Bureaucracy is like a fungus that contaminates everything.
• Curitiba is not a paradise. We have all the problems that most Latin American cities have. We have slums. We have the same difficulties, but…
• 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…
• A system of bus rapid transit is not only dedicated lanes. You have to have really good boarding conditions - that means paying before entering…

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