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French Women Quotes

On style, simplicity, and French cultural identity

French women are often associated with a simple, understated style and a genuine love of food and conversation. These quotes explore that cultural image, alongside comparisons to other cultures, similar to our American women quotes collection.

Last Updated on May 30, 2021

Love
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Nov 07, 2020

French women love to shop and prepare food. They love to talk about what they have bought and made. It's a deeply natural love, but one that is erased in many other cultures. Most French women learn it from their mothers, some from their fathers. But if your parents aren't French, you can still learn it yourself.

Quotes by Mireille Guiliano

Nov 07, 2020

I don't think it's by accident that I was first attracted to translating two French women poets.

Quotes by Marilyn Hacker

Me
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Nov 07, 2020

Tom Ford once told me that he found French women sexier than American ones. He said, 'Americans are too clean...' I took no offense.

Quotes by Linda Wells

Nov 07, 2020

I think French women tend to keep it simple. I'd say try the less-is-more approach, which is not always easy to get right.

Quotes by Jeanne Damas

Great
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Nov 07, 2020

The great thing about American women is their energy and the way they love to dress. French women don't really dress; they are too conservative, as it's always a question of money. In America, women are powerful and strong, determined. If they want to be an object, they choose to be in control.

Quotes by Jean Paul Gaultier

Nov 07, 2020

You need mystery. You actually do. I think that's what foreign women, French women in particular, are good at. There's still a sense that you need to keep some of the unknown because that's where the soul resides, or something.

Quotes by Jason Clarke

American Women
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Nov 07, 2020

What I like about the American woman is she usually has a lot of dynamism. In the U.S., women have a tendency to go forward, to be more exaggerated than in Europe. Many times the rough ideas come from the States, then they are refined in Europe. The American women and the French women are still the best-dressed.

Quotes by Francoise Gilot

People
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Nov 07, 2020

I think French women are incredibly comfortable in their skin, whereas in the States people are striving more for one beauty ideal.

Quotes by Camille Rowe

Funny
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Nov 07, 2020

It's funny because I think that both France and Britain are known for their distinctive styles, and everyone says that France is so chic and elegant but I think, more than that, French women are renowned for dressing in what suits them.

Quotes by Alexa Chung

From shopping and cooking traditions to observations on fashion choices, these quotes reflect on French womanhood as a cultural idea rather than a single stereotype.

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