We have to change from 'ego-architecture' to 'eco-architecture.'
Creativity starts when you cut a zero from your budget.
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.
We can’t have landfills forever and we can’t ask others to accept our trash.
Cities are not problems. They are solutions.
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.