Corneille

Corneille is the name or pseudonym of several artists:

  • Corneille de Lyon (1534-1574), French portrait painter
  • Pierre Corneille (1606-1684), French dramatist
  • Thomas Corneille (1625-1709), French dramatist
  • Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo (1922-2010), Dutch painter
  • Corneille (singer) (born 1977), German-born Canadian rhythm and blues singer

Famous quotes containing the word corneille:

    The subject of a good tragedy must not be realistic.
    —Pierre Corneille (1606–1684)

    The universe has no prince or king that it [Rome] would consider equal to its humblest citizen.
    —Pierre Corneille (1606–1684)

    An example is often a deceptive mirror, and the order of destiny, so troubling to our thoughts, is not always found written in things past.
    —Pierre Corneille (1606–1684)