'Just look at the Paris Hilton phenomenon and the way every other teenager looks like a prostitute'Tom FORD

'In Paris, you learn wit, in London you learn to crush your social rivals, and in Florence you learn poise'
Virgil THOMSON

'With an apple I will astonish Paris'Paul CÉZANNE

'The best of America drifts to Paris. The American in Paris is the best American. It is more fun for an intelligent person to live in an intelligent country. France has the only two things toward which we drift as we grow older—intelligence and good manners'F. SCOTT FITZGERALD