Brazil will change when its cities change.

Many cities end up putting off things because they want to understand everything. They don't understand that innovating is about starting. Taking care of a city is a process that you start, and then give the population space to respond.

Cities are not problems. They are solutions.

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.'

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

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 difference is the respect given by people due to the quality of the services which are provided.

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