Day 153 – The Louvre
“It took me twenty years to discover painting: twenty years looking at nature, and above all, going to the Louvre.” ~ Pierre-Auguste Renoir
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“It took me twenty years to discover painting: twenty years looking at nature, and above all, going to the Louvre.” ~ Pierre-Auguste Renoir
“Every time I look down on this timeless town, whether blue or gray be her skies, whether loud be her cheers, or whether soft be her tears, more and more do I realize that…I love […]
“I’ve seen you, beauty, and you belong to me now, whoever you are waiting for and if I never see you again, I thought. You belong to me and all Paris belongs to me and […]
You can’t escape the past in Paris, and yet what’s so wonderful about it is that the past and present intermingle so intangibly that it doesn’t seem to burden. Allen Ginsberg The last time I […]
“The mind is like an umbrella. Its most useful when open.” ~ Walter Gropius
“The whole of Paris is a vast university of Art, Literature and Music… it is worth anyone’s while to dally here for years. Paris is a seminar, a post-graduate course in everything.” ~ James Thurber
“There is but one Paris and however hard living may be here, and if it became worse and harder even—the French air clears up the brain and does good—a world of good.” ~ Vincent van […]