"Cities are not problems. They are solutions."

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

Jaime Lerner

#Cities Quotes #Problem Quotes #Solutions Quotes

“That's one of the many things I hate about life, that it's a hideously cliched business.”
“Life is too short to make just one decision, music is too loud for just one station, love is too big for just one nation, and God is too big for just one religion!”

Source : "Song: East To The West (Yell Fire!)". July 25, 2006.
“From the very beginning all beings are Buddha. Like water and ice,without water no ice, outside us no Buddhas.”
“Architecture has the power to create order out of unholy confusion.”
“Hold on to your dreams of a better life and stay committed to striving to realize it.”
“As kids we're not taught how to deal with success; we're taught how to deal with failure. If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. If at first you succeed, then what?”
“He's a freak. Just like me. Just like all those Kane-a-nites out there! And you know what, Freaks are cool!”
“If he could only see how small a vacancy his death would leave, the proud man would think less of the place he occupies in his lifetime.”

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