Acquire Quote by Swami Vivekananda

“there was also a celebrated official sculptor whose works disfigured the whole of Paris,”

— Simone de Beauvoir

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

Picture and sculpture are the celebrations and festivities of form.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Above all, artists must not be only in art galleries or museums - they must be present in all possible activities. The artist must…

— Michelangelo Pistoletto

The only thing one can give an artist is leisure in which to work. To give an artist leisure is actually to take part…

— Ezra Pound

Paris presents one incessant round of amusement & dissipation but very little, I believe - even for its inhabitants of that society - which…

— John Marshall

In 19th-century France, artists were part of government. Artists are very sensitive to their time. They're very thoughtful people - it makes sense to…

— Elizabeth Peyton

As an artist one has no home in Europe except in Paris.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

For a painter, the Mecca of the world, for study, for inspiration and for living is here on this star called Paris. Just look…

— Alan Jay Lerner

every human activity, whether it be love, philosophy, art, or revolution, is carried on with a special intensity in Paris.

— Rebecca West

I see little of more importance to the future of our country and of civilization than full recognition of the place of the artist.…

— Pauline Kael

Somehow, the French got this idea of the starving artist. Very romantic, except it's not so romantic for the starving artist.

— David Lynch