Famous quotes containing the words french and/or culture:
“The German intellect wants the French sprightliness, the fine practical understanding of the English, and the American adventure; but it has a certain probity, which never rests in a superficial performance, but asks steadily, To what end? A German public asks for a controlling sincerity.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“The second fundamental feature of culture is that all culture has an element of striving.”
—Johan Huizinga (1872–1945)