Art Quote by Malik Bendjelloul

Detroits industrial ruins are picturesque, like crumbling Rome in an 18th-century etching.

— P. J. O'Rourke

Detroit's industrial ruins are picturesque, like crumbling Rome in an 18th-century etching.

— P. J. O'Rourke

There was a precarious balance during those crucial months between composition and decomposition - what the world gained and what a great city lost.…

— David Maraniss

Detroit is extremely artsy and you might not think that before you actually get a chance to be here for a little bit, but…

— Jerami Grant

I look at [Toronto] and think well, perhaps my grandchildren will someday look at this stuff with the sort of appreciation I once held…

— William Gibson

Detroit is a city that really stands out. It's been through a very difficult time. There's been a lot of pain here, and the…

— Michael Imperioli

People think that Detroit is this barren wasteland. While there are parts that are not as nice as others, the misconception is not true.…

— Steven Yeun

Since art is dead in the actual life of civilized nations, it has been relegated to these grotesque morgues, museums.

— Walter Gropius

So, I mean, there's still vast swaths of the city that are suffering from a lack of jobs and poor housing and poor public…

— David Maraniss

The Art Deco movement, architecture from that period and sort of the industrial aesthetic from that period. Art Deco meets tribal kind of thing.…

— Pamela Love

Detroit is really the most perfectly laid out city one could imagine, and such an enchanting park and lake, - infinitely better than any…

— Elinor Glyn

High art alone is eternal and the bust outlives the city.

— Theophile Gautier