Nicolas Sarkozy (1955) 23rd President of the French Republic
Interview with Charlie Rose, televised 31 January 2007
“But if you want to be a painter you must go to France — France is the only school of Art.”
Source: Confessions of a Young Man http://www.gutenberg.org/files/12278/12278-h/12278-h.htm (1886), Ch. 1.
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“Never go to France
Unless you know the lingo,
If you do, like me,
You will repent, by jingo.”
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French and English, st. 1 (1839).
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André Derain (1880–1954) French painter and engraver
Quote from Derain's letter, 23 August 1909 to Maurice de Vlaminck, in Lettres à Vlaminck, p. 205; as cited and translated in 'Report: André Derain's 'Trees by a Lake', by F. Whitlum-Cooper and Cleo Nisse http://courtauld.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Report-Derain-by-F-Whitlum-Cooper-and-Cleo-Nisse.compressed.pdf, p. 10 - note 8
Camille Pissarro (1830–1903) French painter
his remark, circa 1856; as quoted in Brush and Pencil, Vol. XIII, no. 6 , article: 'Camille Pissarro' Impressionist'; by Henry G Stephens, March, 1904, p. 412-13
quote of Pissarro, after his stay of three year without success in Venezuela, and returning back to Paris
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Christopher Hitchens (1949–2011) British American author and journalist
2005-11-07
The Laura Ingraham Show, quoted in * 2005-11-10
http://leninology.blogspot.com/2005/11/christopher-hitchens-bad-language.html
Christopher Hitchens' Bad Language
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“In France, cooking is a serious art form and a national sport.”
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Narcisse Virgilio Díaz (1807–1876) French painter
Diaz to Millet, c. 1845; as quoted by Albert Wolff, in Notes upon certain masters of the XIX century, - printed not published MDCCCLXXXVI (1886), The Art Age Press, 400 N.Y. (written after the exhibition 'Cent Chefs-d'Oeuvres: the Choice of the French Private Galleries', Petit, Paris / Baschet, New York, 1883, p. 20
In Paris Diaz had sold three drawings of his friend Millet for sixty francs, but Millet stayed still thoughtful, for he had to think of the morrow
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