Francois Gautier quotes

“Being married to a daughter of India is a natural complement of my being in this country for 30 years. My roots are very much in this country, even though I remain a Westerner.”
-- Francois Gautier

Source : "'There Is an Unconscious Militant Dislike of the Christian World Towards Hindu India'". Interview with Rajeev Srinivasan, www.rediff.com. February 12, 1999.

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“Many live in the ivory tower called reality; they never venture on the open sea of thought.”
-- Francois Gautier

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“I have an interest in spirituality, and it opens up so many different areas of Indian life.”
-- Francois Gautier

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“More important than the quest for certainty is the quest for clarity.”
-- Francois Gautier

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“I was born in Paris in 1950. I had a strict upper-class Catholic education but I never really fitted in the system and revolted against it quite early.”
-- Francois Gautier

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“The West remains obsessed by the caste system.”
-- Francois Gautier

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“I have no intention of going back to France, except for yearly visits to meet my family.”
-- Francois Gautier

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“I started writing and photographing for different publications and finally ended up being the correspondent in South Asia, for the Geneva-based Journal de Geneve, which at one time used to be one of the best international newspapers in Europe.”
-- Francois Gautier

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“Also I have an interest in spirituality and it opens-up so many different areas of Indian life.”
-- Francois Gautier

Source : "Francois Gautier FAQs – 2". francoisgautier.me. September 17, 2009.

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“I believe it from the bottom of my heart, and your sons and daughters, too, can have the American dream come true.”

“I asked my daughter when she was 16, What's the buzz on the street with the kids? She's going, to be honest, Dad, most of my friends aren't into Kiss. But they've all been told that it's the greatest show on Earth.”

“I will give you three days to seek your shadow. Return to me in the course of that time with a well-fitted shadow, and you shall receive a hearty welcome; otherwise, on the fourth day - remember, on the fourth day - my daughter becomes the wife of another.”

Source : Theodor Storm, Adelbert von Chamisso, Adalbert Stifter (2005). “Famous German Novellas of the 19th Century”, p.63, Mondial

“Blaire, This was my grandmother’s. My father’s mother. She came to visit me before she passed away. I have fond memories of her visits and when she passed on she left this ring to me. In her will I was told to give it to the woman who completes me. She said it was given to her by my grandfather who passed away when my dad was just a baby but that she’d never loved another the way she’d loved him. He was her heart. You are mine. This is your something old. I love you, Rush”

“You're it for me, baby. Just you. You're not going to be your mother. You're special and unique and we're going to get you help. But I will be right by your side the entire time. I'll never leave you. I swear it.”

“When mother is happy, family is happy. When family is happy, nation is happy.”

“Women who miscalculate are called mothers.”

“A country scratching a lazy irritation at sagging doorjambs and late trains, whose greatest attribute is a collective, smelly tolerance, where a chap will put up with almost everything, which means he won't care about anything enough to get out of a chair.A country of public insouciance and private, grubby guilt, where you can believe anything as long as you don't believe it too fervently. A country where the highest aspiration is for a quiet life.”

“I am a big admirer of Sachin and his personality. He is a source of inspiration for the country and just looking at his photographs gives a lot of positive vibes.”

“The obedient in art are always the forgotten . . . The country is glorious but its beauties are unknown, and but waiting for a real live artist to splash them onto canvas . . . Chop your own path. Get off the car track.”