"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."

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Source : "Maverick mayor: 'Eco-architecture not ego-architecture!'". Interview with Zara Bilgrami, www.cnn.com. June 6, 2008.

Jaime Lerner

#Years Quotes #Cities Quotes #Quality Quotes

“On a planet that increasingly resembles one huge Maximum Security prison, the only intelligent choice is to plan a jail break.”

Source : Robert Anton Wilson (1991). “Cosmic trigger: Down to earth”, New Falcon Pubns
“Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes.”
“Your identity is like your shadow: not always visible and yet always present.”
“I'd rather create a miniature painting than a Taj Mahal of a book.”
“None wise dares hopeless venture.”
“At the time, I was making good money doing background work and demos.”
“I've got a Caribbean soul I can barely control, and some Texas hidden here in my heart!”
“And in real life endings aren't always neat, whether they're happy endings, or whether they're sad endings.”

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