Anatole Broyard's quote talks to the magnificence and appeal of Rome. It suggests that the city was so spectacular and breathtaking that it was practically like a poem, an artwork. The quote suggests that Rome was not just a city, however an artwork, a masterpiece that was pressed into service as a city. It suggests that the city was so beautiful and magnificent that it was practically too excellent to be utilized as a city. The quote speaks with the splendour of Rome and its charm, and how it was almost too great to be used as a city. It suggests that the city was so beautiful and marvelous that it was almost like a poem, an artwork. The quote speaks to the appeal and grandeur of Rome and how it was almost too good to be used as a city. It recommends that the city was so lovely and magnificent that it was almost like a poem, a work of art.
This quote is written / told by Anatole Broyard between July 19, 1920 and October 11, 1990. He/she was a famous Critic from USA.
The author also have 12 other quotes.
"German is more familiar now since I live part of the year in Rome and part in the German part of Switzerland. But it's not difficult to sing in German; it's difficult to feel in German. This takes time. It's a culture"
"A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest; Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art"
"Are we like late Rome, infatuated with past glories, ruled by a complacent, greedy elite, and hopelessly powerless to respond to changing conditions?"
"All roads indeed lead to Rome, but theirs also is a more mystical destination, some bourne of which no traveller knows the name, some city, they all seem to hint, even more eternal"
