I could not disobey the will of the Catalan parliament.

As president, I have the right to call a referendum based on a law that the Catalan parliament has approved.

— Carles Puigdemont

There's no alternative to Catalan independence.

— Carles Puigdemont

Catalan citizens are peaceful, European, and open-minded. We want to contribute to better international and European governance.

— Carles Puigdemont

No Catalan citizen and no Catalan company will leave the E.U. That is evident, and nobody can dispute it.

— Carles Puigdemont

I first went to Barcelona in 1975 after university, and I stayed for three years. I learnt Catalan because that's what everyone speaks in…

— Colm Toibin

Catalan language is one of the most complete and perfect expressions that I know from the point of view regarding language, I not only…

— Jose Maria Aznar

“Serem allò que vulguem ser”

— Miquel Martí i Pol

For someone like you who's a British citizen this might seem strange. How can you ban a language? It turns out that you can.…

— Jaume Cabre

I am and feel Catalan.

— Gerard Pique

“Tot està per fer i tot és possible”

— Miquel Martí i Pol

My mother's Cubana/Irish and my dad's Catalan. And that blows my mind.

— Prefuse 73

Salbitxada is a sharp and lightly sweet Catalan sauce that's traditionally served with calcots - spring or salad onions, grilled whole, make a good…

— Yotam Ottolenghi

“Molt he estimat i molt estimo encara”

— Miquel Martí i Pol

Each year, in this world, several languages do die out. There are certain languages that have their survival assured for many years, such as…

— Jaume Cabre

There's much more we can be doing in Parliament, we could be giving more power back to people at local government level, through local…

— Theresa May