Marquis de Lafayette Quotes
Paris is in a tranquil state; the infernal cabal that besieges me appears guided by foreigners. This idea consoles me, for nothing is so painful as being persecuted by one's own fellow-citizens.
Quotes to Explore
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I stayed three weeks in Paris, fell in love with the city, and decided that I was born to live in Paris.
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The most important thing Paris gave me was a perspective on Latin America. It taught me the differences between Latin America and Europe and among the Latin American countries themselves through the Latins I met there.
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When I was younger, I had no interest. But after I went to Paris to see the collections for the first time a few years ago, they made a huge impression on me. I realized that fashion is an art form, like acting or painting.
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London is the financial capital of Europe, a great platform to America and Asia. I love the fact that in British culture you can be whoever you want, and people don't even look at you. I don't feel that in Paris or Milan.
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In Paris, I met a young American person who immediately became the primary inspiration which awakened my vision and the leading influence that had directed my forces. Throughout my career as an artist, I refer to this person by the word 'Woman.'
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If you want to establish an international presence you can't do so from New York. You need the consecration of Paris.
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The day after I had my licence to drive, I made Paris/Nice at 230 km/hour.
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I made the decision to come back to New York, quit my job and move to Paris.
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Nothing changes and very little happens in Paris. This is a great place to work without distraction - and then I run away to New York, where I have a life!
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I think Paris smells not just sweet but melancholy and curious, sometimes sad but always enticing and seductive. She's a city for the all senses, for artists and writers and musicians and dreamers, for fantasies, for long walks and wine and lovers and, yes, for mysteries.
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Where was Paris Hilton a year ago? She's a fabulous character to write about.
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I was the first Indian model to have a career in Paris, Milan and New York.
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April in Paris, chestnuts in blossom, holiday tables under the trees.
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I don't like Paris so much.
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Washington, D.C., has everything that Rome, Paris and London have in the way of great architecture - great power bases. Washington has obelisks and pyramids and underground tunnels and great art and a whole shadow world that we really don't see.
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It's always been a luxury to be able to hop a plane to Paris, to Venice, to the Grand Canyon.
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You get funky things in Goa, so I like shopping there. Paris and Milan are also my preferred shopping destinations.
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The Victorian language of flowers began with the publication of 'Le Language des Fleurs,' written by Charlotte de Latour and printed in Paris in 1819. To create the book - which was a list of flowers and their meanings - de Latour gathered references to flower symbolism throughout poetry, ancient mythology, and even medicine.
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I'd love to follow the Tour de France one day. It's a really exciting spectacle. I've only seen it once as it was coming into Paris and that was very exciting for me. I have memories of that.
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Children don't need much advice but they really do need to be listened to and not just with half an ear.
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I hold an office in trust, not a title. I don't want to say it's a kamikaze approach to life, but it's ingrained.
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Teach Scouts not how to get a living, but how to live.
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All around the circle, feeding on the green, green grass were fat and happy horses...
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Paris is in a tranquil state; the infernal cabal that besieges me appears guided by foreigners. This idea consoles me, for nothing is so painful as being persecuted by one's own fellow-citizens.
