Creativity starts when you cut a zero from your budget.
A car is like a mother-in-law - if you let it, it will rule your life.
Cities are not problems. They are solutions.
A city is like a family portrait - you don't tear it up if you don't like your uncle's nose.
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.
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.