Air Quote by Jack Freestone

“The air of Paris is quite different from any other. There's something about it which thrills and excites and intoxicates you, and in some…

— Guy de Maupassant

“Paris and Fashion. Books and Art. What would one be ... without the other?”

— Peggy Kopman-Owens

“And trade is art, and art's philosophy, In Paris.”

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

“It is in Paris that the beating of Europe’s heart is felt. Paris is the city of cities.”

— Víctor Hugo

The important thing about Paris is not so much that one sees exciting work, but one meets people who feel that art is worth…

— John Olsen

“Flight from boredom is the mother of all art.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“Paris . . . is loath to surrender itself to people who are in a hurry; it belongs to the dreamers, to those capable…

— Elaine Sciolino

“In Paris the past is always with you: you look at it, walk over it, sit on it.”

— Elizabeth Bard

“As an artist, a man has no home in Europe save in Paris.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“It seemed that in Paris you could discuss classic literature or architecture or great music with everyone from the garbage collector to the mayor.”

— Julia Child

“Even the pigeons are dancing, kissing, going in circles, mounting each other. Paris is the city of love, even for the birds.”

— Samantha Schutz

“Paris is pregnant with layers of history, colored with the ink of artists who dared to dream of a world only they could see.”

— Kimberly Kinrade