Acropolis Quote by Harold Urey

Athens is an amazing city for creativity. I bought a house there. A little, tiny place.

— Cindy Wilson

For the Spartans, it wasn’t walls or magnificent public buildings that made a city; it was their own ideals. In essence, Sparta was a…

— Bettany Hughes

The Greeks had invented democracy, built the Acropolis and called it a day.

— David Sedaris

“Athens was ripped from their wealth and territory but their culture still lived on. This now engraved upon your memory, what decision shall you…

— Anonymous

Athens is one of those cities that is very livable. And it's inexpensive. You can get by. And that makes for creativity. So people…

— Cindy Wilson

“ The Coming of the Greeks The southern part of the Italian boot is close to Greece, and several Greek cultures influenced he cultures…

— Jean F. Blashfield

The Parthenon is really only a farmyard over which someone put a roof; colonades and sculptures were added because there were people in Athens…

— Pablo Picasso

“The Greeks had the greatest architectonic gifts. Every art has its climax at some point, and here architecture had its high point. Modeling and…

— Rudolf Steiner

“debatable today, as the structure could house the entire population of Athens, but could do nothing to protect their resources or withstand a long…

— Tom Simek

If Athens shall appear great to you, consider then that her glories were purchased by valiant men, and by men who learned their duty.

— Pericles

Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence.

— John Milton

A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest; Faith hovers over…

— Benjamin Disraeli