For centuries, the City of Lights has inspired artists from around the world. Amusing, tender, mocking, or poetic, all quotes about Paris reveal a hidden part of the city, its paradoxes, its beauty, or its flaws. But they all express an unconditional love for it. Here is a small selection of the most beautiful quotes about Paris.
The most essential
"Being a Parisian is not about being born in Paris, it is about being reborn there." - Sacha Guitry
The most obvious
"Paris will always be Paris. What do you want it to do differently?" - Frédéric Dard
The most enigmatic
"God created the Parisian so that foreigners could never understand the French."-
Alexandre Dumas The most eternal Breathing Paris keeps the soul. The most famous If you were lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast. The most beautiful Add two letters to Paris: it is paradise. The most comforting People always wonder why you don't leave Paris in the summer, without understanding that it is precisely because they leave that you stay.The Most Beautiful
"Paris is very small for those who love each other with such a great love." - Jacques Prévert
The Most Patriotic
"Paris outraged, Paris broken, Paris martyred, but Paris liberated!" - General De Gaulle, 1944
The Most Uninhibited
"Driving in Paris is a matter of vocabulary." - Michel Audiard
The Most Romantic
"The heart of Paris is a flower. A beautiful flower of love that we keep in our hearts and love for a lifetime." - Charles Trenet
The Most Common
"With ifs, we could put Paris in..."
bottle. » Jean-François AlataThe Most Vibrant
«Considering the number of corks, Paris has indeed been bottled. » Régis Hauser
The Most Parisian
«Paris is the city where the gutters are the cleanest in the world because dogs respect them. » Alain Schifres
The Most Arrogant
«Let's not speak ill of people from the province. Without them, we couldn't live in Paris. » Alfred Capus
The Most "Sacha Guitry"
«In Paris, when you pass a woman on the street and look at her, you almost commit infidelity. » Sacha Guitry
The Most Political
«When Paris catches a cold, Europe catches a cold too. - Klemens, Prince de Metternich The most heroic: "Saving Paris is more than saving France, it is saving the world!" - Victor Hugo The most secretive: "When you know Paris, you don't believe what is said there, and you don't say what is done there." - Le Père Goriot, by Honoré de Balzac The most poetic: "Snow doesn't fall in Paris: it melts." - Alain Schifres The most tempting: "Paris is Babylon, the city of all temptations." - Christine Angot The hottest: "The air of Paris is... intoxicating." - Unknown"It's so bad that I always boil it before breathing." - Erik Satie "The truest one" - Marie Bashkirtseff