How Paris Became Paris Quotes

“And Louis XIV followed all these projects in the smallest detail. In May 1672, when Colbert wrote to ask if he was bothering the king with too many specifics, Louis XIV’s reply was categoric: “I want to know everything about everything.”
― Joan DeJean, How Paris Became Paris: The Invention of the Modern City

“Recent research indicates that once a city acquires a reputation—as an exciting place or as one where nothing ever happens—that image tends to survive unchanged for long periods of time. The original guidebooks to Paris help explain how”
― Joan DeJean, How Paris Became Paris: The Invention of the Modern City

“one man created the Pont Neuf.”
― Joan DeJean, How Paris Became Paris: The Invention of the Modern City