Every city has to deal with the problem of cars and public transport.

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

Brazil will change when its cities change.

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 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.

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.'

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.