Barcelona quotes

Barcelona

29 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.

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Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso Painter, Sculptor

"My friends back in Barcelona called me by that name (Picasso). It was stranger, more resonant, than "Ruiz." And those are probably the reasons I adopted it. Do you know what appealed to me about that name? Well, it was undoubtedly the double s, which is fairly unusual in Spain."

Woody Allen
Woody Allen Director, Actor, Writer

"I never wanted to or expected to make a film outside of New York. New York became very, very expensive. The same $18 million spent in Barcelona or Rome goes much further there."

Anthony Bourdain
Anthony Bourdain Chef, Author, Television Personality

"You'd have a hard time finding anything better than Barcelona for food, as far as being a hub. Given a choice between Barcelona and San Sebastian to die in, I'd probably want to die in San Sebastian."

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Luis Garcia Footballer
Barcelona

"The manager has always shown a lot of faith in me, and the fact that I gave up my home in Barcelona and family in Barcelona to come to Liverpool shows how much faith I have in Rafael Benitez."

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