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

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.'

Creativity starts when you cut a zero from your budget.

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.

The secret to the city is integration. Every area of the city should combine work, leisure and culture. Separate these functions and parts of the city die.

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

If you provide good alternatives for public transport, you won't have traffic problems.