Born French Citizen

Famous quotes containing the words born, french and/or citizen:

    “The mere mechanical technique of acting can be taught, but the spirit that is to give life to lifeless forms must be born in a man. No dramatic college can teach its pupils to think or to feel. It is Nature who makes our artists for us, though it may be Art who taught them their right mode of expression.”
    —Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

    “The Russians imitate French ways, but always at a distance of fifty years.”
    —Stendhal [Marie Henri Beyle] (1783–1842)

    “Where the citizen uses a mere sliver or board, the pioneer uses the whole trunk of a tree.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)