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.'

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.

Bureaucracy is like a fungus that contaminates everything.

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.

A city grows like an organism. It is a structure of living and working together a mix of functions.

The design of a city is like a strange archeology.

A car is like a mother-in-law - if you let it, it will rule your life.