France Quote by Anonymous

“They passed a succession of granite monuments to the conquering magicians of the late Victorian age and the fallen heroes of the Great War,…

— Jonathan Stroud

“masterpieces of beauty, craftsmanship, and stability, all erected”

— Robert Greene

“...relics and churches, paintings and sculptures and holy places, were all just tools, all serving the same purpose: to bring a seeking soul into…

— Sam Cabot

“Musee de l'Homme.”

— Patrick Manning

“When we gaze at the magnificence of an ancient monument and ascribe its achievement to one man, we are guilty of spiritual embezzlement. We…

— Ayn Rand

“All outstanding work, in art as well as in science, results from immense zeal applied to a great idea.”

— Santiago Ramón y Cajal

“Yesterday I might have been a glorious monument to somebody, true enough-but tomorrow I could be a fireworks depository. Even in the Eternal City,…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“The power of Nature predominates over the human will in all works of even the fine arts, in all that respects their material and…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“king with a large jaw and a queen with a fair face, on the throne of France. In both countries it was clearer than…

— Charles Dickens

“O, thou art fairer than the evening air Clad in the beauty of a thousand stars; Brighter art thou than flaming Jupiter When he…

— Christopher Marlowe

“The champions of liberty have the medal for any necklace. (Les champions de la liberte - Ont la médaille pour tout collier)”

— Charles de Leusse

“Intelligent and insightful at the same time, this is one of the earliest human expressions of art.”

— Rujuta Diwekar