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Cities Quotes by Jaime Lerner
- There is little in the architecture of a city that is more beautifully designed than a tree.
- 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…
- Cities are not problems. They are solutions.
- 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…
- There are three major issues now that are becoming important, not only for cities, but for all mankind: Mobility, sustainability - which is linked to…
- Brazil will change when its cities change.
More Cities Quotes
- A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one. — Aristotle
- Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of… — Aristophanes
- Growing up in a Jewish matriarchal world inside the patriarchal paradise of Salt Lake City, Utah, gave me increased perspective on gender… — Roseanne Barr
- We do not look in our great cities for our best morality. — Jane Austen
- It was the hard work of our people, the freedom they enjoyed and their faith in God that built this country and… — Ronald Reagan
- Since the Kingstonfirst BID started in January 2005, retailers have enjoyed three years of impressive sales growth, which has taken many of… — David Barford
- Even in New York, there are a lot of very attractive girls pedaling around. That just happens to be one of the… — Paul Auster
- On some summer days in New York City, the air hangs thickly visible, like the combined exhalations of eight million souls. Steam… — Diane Ackerman