“Forget about having an identity crisis and get some identity capital. … Do something that adds value to who you are. Do something that's an investment in who you might want to be next.”
“Creativity starts when you cut a zero from your budget. If you cut two zeros, it’s much better.”
— Jaime Lerner
Jaime Lerner sings of the city
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“A car is like your mother-in-law: you have to have good relationship with her, but she cannot command your life.”
— Jaime Lerner
Jaime Lerner sings of the city
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“A city’s like our family portrait. We don’t rip our family portrait, even if we don’t like the nose of our uncle, because this portrait is you.”
— Jaime Lerner
Jaime Lerner sings of the city
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“Every city in the world can be improved in less than three years.”
— Jaime Lerner
Jaime Lerner sings of the city
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