A unique temple of art that speaks to the eyes, the ears, the heart and the passion. Charles Garnier, 1875

We should have been able to dismantle it, sell it, let it to the Japanese, or organize visits to it like to Versailles. We did none of these things. A destiny had then to be invented for it. Pierre Bergé, 1989

The Palais Garnier must be renovated without delay. Hugues Gall, 1993