Art Quote by Albert Camus

“Is it by chance that the 18th century of France, the century of the "philosophy of enlightenment," did not produce any poets except the…

— Benjamin Péret

Anything written in the French Revolution, that kind of era, is so poignant.

— Katherine Langford

We've always had a tradition in America of hounding our artists to death. Look at the list of our great artists, you see a…

— James Dickey

Where I come from revolution is the only creation, and the revolutionary the only artist.

— Ayi Kwei Armah

Out of all the isms, movements and manifestos of the 20th century, it was the Dadaists who proved the most important - giving birth,…

— Vic Reeves

There are not many poets whose fame rests on a single work.

— Helen Vendler

When I wrote about the French Revolution, I didn't choose to write about aristocrats; I chose characters who began their lives in provincial obscurity.

— Hilary Mantel

“The French Revolution gave history its first instance of modern leftist illiberalism -- an embrace of tyranny in the name of the people. All…

— Kim R. Holmes

In 19th-century France, artists were part of government. Artists are very sensitive to their time. They're very thoughtful people - it makes sense to…

— Elizabeth Peyton

France, famed in all great arts, in none supreme.

— Matthew Arnold

No one ever was a great poet, that applied himself much to anything else.

— William Temple

“During the greater part of the day the guillotine had been kept busy at its ghastly work: all that France had boasted of in…

— Baroness Orczy