Creativity starts when you cut a zero from your budget.

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

Cities are not problems. They are solutions.

After working in cities for nearly 40 years, I am telling you that every city can improve its quality of life in less than three years, no matter the scale or the financial conditions.

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

If you want creativity, take a zero off your budget. If you want sustainability, take off two zeros.

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.