French Romanticism

Famous quotes containing the words french and/or romanticism:

    “The French are certainly misunderstood:Mbut whether the fault is theirs, in not sufficiently explaining themselves; or speaking with that exact limitation and precision which one would expect ... or whether the fault may not be altogether on our side ... I shall not decide.”
    —Laurence Sterne (1713–1768)

    “For me, Romanticism is the most recent and the most current expression of beauty.”
    —Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867)