FREDERIC-AUGUSTE BARTHOLDI

I would hope to glorify freedom and liberty over there [America] in the hope that it may be regained over here [France.]

Liberty Enlightening the World

She will not resemble those bronze colossus so venerated … proudly cast from cannon captured from the enemy. Our statue will be made of pure copper and it shall be the product of labor and peace.

What is lacking in the cities, and most of the men, however, is charm and taste.

America is an adorable woman chewing tobacco.

I will try to glorify the republic and liberty over there in the hope that someday I will find it again here in France.

I believe it will last until eternity.

If there is any place on earth that needs light, it is certainly New York.

It is exactly here that my statue should be erected. Here where people have their first view of the New World. I have found the admirable spot. It is Bedlow’s Island.

I believe it will last until eternity.

I would hope to glorify freedom and liberty over there [America] in the hope that it may be regained over here [France.]

If there is any place on earth that needs light, it is certainly New York.

Liberty Enlightening the World

It is exactly here that my statue should be erected. Here where people have their first view of the New World. I have found the admirable spot. It is Bedlow’s Island.

She will not resemble those bronze colossus so venerated … proudly cast from cannon captured from the enemy. Our statue will be made of pure copper and it shall be the product of labor and peace.

What is lacking in the cities, and most of the men, however, is charm and taste.

I will try to glorify the republic and liberty over there in the hope that someday I will find it again here in France.

America is an adorable woman chewing tobacco.