There is no endeavor more noble than the attempt to achieve a collective dream.

The car is the cigarette of the future.

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 city die.

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.

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 the resources have been found is a sure recipe for paralysis. The planning of a city is a process that allows for corrections; it is supremely arrogant to believe that planning can be done only after every possible variable has been controlled.

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.