Famous quotes containing the words victor hugo, victor, hugo and/or paris:
“Intelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the servant.”
—Victor Hugo (1802–1885)
“Victor Hugo was a madman who thought he was Victor Hugo.”
—Jean Cocteau (1889–1963)
“Well, it’s early yet!”
—Robert Pirosh, U.S. screenwriter, George Seaton, George Oppenheimer, and Sam Wood. Dr. Hugo Z. Hackenbush (Groucho Marx)
“Eclecticism is the degree zero of contemporary general culture: one listens to reggae, watches a western, eats McDonald’s food for lunch and local cuisine for dinner, wears Paris perfume in Tokyo and “retro” clothes in Hong Kong; knowledge is a matter for TV games. It is easy to find a public for eclectic works.”
—Jean François Lyotard (b. 1924)