The car is the cigarette of the future.

- Jaime Lerner

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…

- Jaime Lerner

If you want creativity, take a zero off your budget. If you want sustainability, take off two zeros.

- Jaime Lerner

I always try to say, 'If you want to help the environment, try to do just two things. One, use less of your car. Second, separate your garbage.'

- Jaime Lerner

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 cit…

- 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 car…

- Jaime Lerner

A lot of people assume that the expensive ideas are the most effective ones, but that is simply not true.

- Jaime Lerner

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

- Jaime Lerner

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 the big …

- Jaime Lerner