Pierre Loti
Pierre Loti
Pierre Loti was a French naval officer and novelist, known for his exotic novels...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth14 January 1850
CountryFrance
Pierre Loti quotes about
confronted french-writer left passed pyramid
The pyramid once passed there was still a short way to go before we confronted the Sphinx, in the middle of what our contemporaries have left him of his desert.
istanbul names enchanting
Holy Istanbul! Your name is the most enchanting one of all names which enchants me.
museums remember periods
I do not exactly remember at what period I started my museum which absorbed so much of my time.
painting
Painting and music were the only things I worked at industriously and faithfully.
fossils mystery study
Through the study of fossils I had already been initiated into the mysteries of prehistoric creations.