{"id":16452,"date":"2014-11-12T16:00:04","date_gmt":"2014-11-12T15:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=16452"},"modified":"2017-07-22T04:58:34","modified_gmt":"2017-07-22T02:58:34","slug":"quotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/quotes\/","title":{"rendered":"Quotes about Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Barcelona<\/strong> is a gorgeous and eclectic\u00a0city with a rich history and dazzling cultural and natural landscape. The city is and was, in past times, home to a large number of artists, who found it to be a great source of inspiration. Likewise, visitors fell spellbound by the<strong> Catalan capital<\/strong>, many of which have left us with very <strong>memorable quotes<\/strong> about it. Here are some of our favorites.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/quotes\/#Carlos_Ruiz_Zafon\" title=\"Carlos Ruiz Zaf\u00f3n\">Carlos Ruiz Zaf\u00f3n<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/quotes\/#Julie_Burchill\" title=\"Julie Burchill\">Julie Burchill<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/quotes\/#Meghan_Markle\" title=\"Meghan Markle\">Meghan Markle<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/quotes\/#Kelsey_Chow\" title=\"Kelsey Chow\">Kelsey Chow<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/quotes\/#Colm_Toibin\" title=\"Colm T\u00f3ib\u00edn\">Colm T\u00f3ib\u00edn<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/quotes\/#Anthony_Bourdain\" title=\"Anthony Bourdain\">Anthony Bourdain<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Carlos_Ruiz_Zafon\"><\/span>Carlos Ruiz Zaf\u00f3n<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_89129\" style=\"width: 280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89129\" class=\" wp-image-89129\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Mutari-300x271.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"244\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-89129\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Mutari via Wikimedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Carlos Ruiz Zaf\u00f3n<\/strong> is one of the <strong>most famous Spanish novelists<\/strong> of his time. A Catalan native, born in <strong>Barcelona<\/strong> in 1964, <strong>Ruiz Zaf\u00f3n<\/strong> wrote nine novels, some of them meant for an adult audience and some meant for a younger audience.\u00a0The <strong>author<\/strong>&#8216;s most internationally recognized <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/cheap-bookstores\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">book<\/a> is &#8220;The Shadow of the Wind&#8221;, or in Spanish, &#8220;La Sombra del Viento&#8221;, which was published in 2001.\u00a0<strong>Carlos Ruiz Zaf\u00f3n<\/strong>\u00a0also writes short stories.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Carlos Ruiz Zaf\u00f3n&#8217;s quote about Barcelona:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>&#8220;The haunting of history is ever present in <strong>Barcelona.<\/strong> I see cities as organisms, as living creatures. To me, Madrid is a man and <strong>Barcelona<\/strong> is a woman. And it&#8217;s a woman who&#8217;s extremely vain.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Julie_Burchill\"><\/span>Julie Burchill<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Julie Birchill<\/strong> is an English<strong> writer and journalist<\/strong> born in Bristol. She has written a number of books like &#8220;Sugar Rush&#8221;, &#8220;On Beckham&#8221;, &#8220;I knew I was right: Memoirs&#8221;, and &#8220;The Boy Looked at Johnny: The Obituary of Rock and Roll&#8221;, which she wrote in collaboration with Tony Parsons. As a <strong>journalist,<\/strong> she has written for The Sunday Times and The Guardian.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Julie&#8217;s quotes about Barcelona:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>&#8220;In <strong>Barcelona,<\/strong> things seem so different. For example, I know that it&#8217;s traditionally the least Spanish city, but you&#8217;d never know they had a monarchy, coming here as a tourist &#8211; as opposed to the U.K., where the Queen is probably the best-known animal, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/vegetarian-eixample\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vegetable<\/a> and\/or mineral when it comes to overseas visitors.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>&#8220;Here in <strong>Barcelona,<\/strong> it&#8217;s the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/architecture-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">architects<\/a> who built the buildings that made the city iconic who are the objects of admiration &#8211; not a bunch of half-witted monarchs.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/catalan-films\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">5 Great recent Catalan drama films<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Meghan_Markle\"><\/span>Meghan Markle<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_89130\" style=\"width: 183px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89130\" class=\" wp-image-89130\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/CennoxX-205x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"173\" height=\"253\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-89130\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by CennoxX via Wikimedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/american-clothes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American<\/a> native,\u00a0<strong>Meghan Markle<\/strong> is known internationally for her work as an <strong>actress<\/strong> and as a <strong>humanitarian.<\/strong> Some of her acting credits include parts in the TV series &#8220;Suits&#8221; and &#8220;Fringe&#8221;, and the movies &#8220;Horrible Bosses&#8221;, &#8220;Remember Me&#8221;, and &#8220;Get him to the Greek&#8221;. In what regards her\u00a0<strong>humanitarian work<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Markle<\/strong>\u00a0was a Counselor for the international charity One Young World in 2014, and she\u00a0became a Global Ambassador for World Vision Canada in 2016.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Meghan Markle&#8217;s quote about Barcelona:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>&#8220;<strong>Barcelona<\/strong> is one of the best cities in the world. I love it there!&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Kelsey_Chow\"><\/span>Kelsey Chow<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Kelsey Chow<\/strong> is another <strong>American actress<\/strong> to make our list. The twenty-five old year is famous for a variety of TV roles in series such as &#8220;Teen Wolf&#8221;, &#8220;Big Daddy&#8221;, &#8220;Pair of Kings&#8221;, and &#8220;One Tree Hill&#8221;, and a couple of parts in movies like &#8220;The Amazing Spider Man&#8221;, &#8220;Run&#8221;, and &#8220;Wild River&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kelsey Chow&#8217;s quote about Barcelona:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>&#8220;&#8216;The Wine of Summer&#8217; is a beautiful film about love lost and found, and the complexities of life while discovering who you are. It was filmed primarily in and around <strong>Barcelona,<\/strong> and the imagery is breathtaking.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/famous-catalan-artists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Famous Catalana Artists<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Colm_Toibin\"><\/span>Colm T\u00f3ib\u00edn<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_89131\" style=\"width: 227px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89131\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-89131\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Larry-D.-Moore-217x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"300\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-89131\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Larry D. Moore via Wikimedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Colm T\u00f3ib\u00edn<\/strong> is a famous <strong>Irish author, playwright, poet, essayist, critic, and journalist<\/strong>. Some of his works include &#8220;The Master&#8221;, which won several awards, &#8220;The Blackwater Lightship&#8221;, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and &#8220;The Empty Family&#8221; which was shortlisted for the\u00a0Frank O&#8217;Connor International Short Story Award.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Colm T\u00f3ib\u00edn&#8217;s quote about Barcelona:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>&#8220;I wrote every day between the ages of 12 and 20 when I stopped because I went to <strong>Barcelona<\/strong>, where life was too exciting to write.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Anthony_Bourdain\"><\/span>Anthony Bourdain<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Anthony Bourdain<\/strong> is a famous <strong>American chef<\/strong> who ran top quality restaurants in different locations for years. He also <strong>wrote a large number of culinary books<\/strong> and became a <strong>TV personality<\/strong> by hosting a number of culinary-related shows, such as &#8220;No Reservations&#8221;, &#8220;The Layover&#8221;, and &#8220;Parts Unknown&#8221;, which he still hosts today.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Anthony Bourdain&#8217;s quote about Barcelona:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>&#8220;You&#8217;d have a hard time finding anything better than <strong>Barcelona<\/strong> for food, as far as being a hub.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Which one is your favorite? 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