Parthenon Quotes
17 quotes by 15 authors
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What is the crowning glory of your civilization... the symbol as clear a statement as the pyramids, the Parthenon, the cathedrals? What is this symbol?…
— George Nelson
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The elms of New England! They are as much a part of her beauty as the columns of the Parthenon were the glory of its…
— Henry Ward Beecher
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The Parthenon without the marbles is like a smile with a tooth missing.
— Neil Kinnock
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In the world over, the very name of our country is immediately associated with the Parthenon.
— Melina Mercouri
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You must understand what the Parthenon Marbles mean to us. They are our pride. They are our sacrifices. They are our noblest symbol of excellence.…
— Melina Mercouri
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There are men whose manners have the same essential splendor as the simple and awful sculpture on the friezes of the Parthenon, and the remains…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The falling apart of a man's life should make more noise. It should startle passesrby with its Sturm and Drang. It ought to sound like…
— Kristin Hannah
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Earth proudly wears the Parthenon As the best gem upon her zone.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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I like the thought that what we are to do on this earth is embellish it for its greater beauty, so that oncoming generations can…
— Philip Johnson
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The Parthenon is really only a farmyard over which someone put a roof; colonades and sculptures were added because there were people in Athens who…
— Pablo Picasso
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I think people care. If not, why do so many people spend money going on vacations to see architecture? They go to the Parthenon, to…
— Frank Gehry
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Digital media are biased toward replication and storage. Our digital photos practically upload and post themselves on Facebook, and our most deleted e-mails tend to…
— Douglas Rushkoff
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Other people, so I have read, treasure memorable moments in their lives: the time one climbed the Parthenon at sunrise, the summer night one met…
— Walker Percy
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The forge looked like a steam-powered locomotive had smashed into the Greek Parthenon and they had fused together.
— Rick Riordan
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The Elgin Marbles were supposed to be on the Parthenon. For many works of art, a museum is an artificial setting - a zoo, not…
— Virginia Postrel
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The difference between the Parthenon and the World Trade Center, between a French wine glass and a German beer mug, between Bach and John Philip…
— Guy Davenport
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Classic Style (c.450-400 B.C.) Brandon McCaw did 500 billion questions, Topics, Statements, Goals based on the Athens, the capital of modern Greece is located on…
— Brandon McCaw
Who Wrote These Parthenon Quotes
15 authors contributed a total of 17 Parthenon Quotes as follows: