Jaime Lerner
Jaime Lerner
Jaime Lerneris a Brazilian politician. He was the governor of the state of Paraná, in southern Brazil. He is renowned as an architect and urban planner, having been mayor of Curitiba, capital of Paraná, three times. In 1994, Lerner was elected governor of Paraná, and was reelected in 1998...
NationalityBrazilian
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth17 December 1937
CountryBrazil
cities secret leisure
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.
cities space giving
Many cities end up putting off things because they want to understand everything. They don't understand that innovating is about starting. Taking care of a city is a process that you start, and then give the population space to respond.
ideas people assuming
A lot of people assume that the expensive ideas are the most effective ones, but that is simply not true.
dream responsibility cities
There is no endeavor more noble than the attempt to achieve a collective dream. When a city accepts as a mandate its quality of life, when it respects the people who live in it, when it respects the environment, when it prepares for future generations, the people share the responsibility for that mandate. This shared cause is the only way to achieve that collective dream.
dream climate noble
There is no endeavor more noble than the attempt to achieve a collective dream.
two car trying
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.'
cities problem solutions
Cities are not problems. They are solutions.
years cities quality
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.
cities together function
A city grows like an organism. It is a structure of living and working together a mix of functions.
uncles cities tears
A city is like a family portrait - you don't tear it up if you don't like your uncle's nose.
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Every city in the world can be improved in less than three years.
cities problem solutions
The city is not the problem; the city is the solution,
fungi bureaucracy government-bureaucracy
Bureaucracy is like a fungus that contaminates everything.
toad
There is no place in a city that can't be better. There is no toad that can't be a princess, no frog that can't become a prince.