Author: Jaime Lerner

Quotes

A car is like a mother-in-law - if you let it, it will rule your life.

A car is like a mother-in-law - if you let it, it will rule your life.

- Jaime Lerner

Brazil will change when its cities change.

Brazil will change when its cities change.

- Jaime Lerner

A city is like a family portrait - you don't tear it up if you don't like your uncle's nose.

A city is like a family portrait - you don't tear it up if you don't like your uncle's nose.

- Jaime Lerner

If you provide good alternatives for public transport, you won't have traffic problems.

If you provide good alternatives for public transport, you won't have traffic problems.

- Jaime Lerner

We have to change from 'ego-architecture' to 'eco-architecture.'

We have to change from 'ego-architecture' to 'eco-architecture.'

- 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.'

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

I have realized after all these years that a city that has a good quality of life attracts jobs. People don't want to invest in places if there is no quality of life.

I have realized after all these years that a city that has a good quality of life attracts jobs. People don't want to invest in places if there is no quality of life.

- Jaime Lerner

There is little in the architecture of a city that is more beautifully designed than a tree.

There is little in the architecture of a city that is more beautifully designed than a tree.

- Jaime Lerner

The design of a city is like a strange archeology.

The design of a city is like a strange archeology.

- Jaime Lerner

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