Quotes
What people have said about Carmel-by-the-Sea
greatest meeting of land and water in the world
True to his word, Clint Eastwood has made Carmel safe for ice cream cones.
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No one in ···· ······· California community ····· for its white-sand ······· and storybook ····· has a street address.
The quote: No one in this wealthy California community known for its white-sand beaches and storybook charm has a street address.
Associated Press reporter · Where do you live? That’s a complicated question for a California town with no street addresses · 2024 Source ↗
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It is built of dreams—of moth wings—of the shimmer of moonlight.
In 1919 we built Tor House on a knoll where stones jutting out of the treeless moor reminded us of tors on Dartmoor.
The peninsula is heavily forested; its westward rocks, and those of Point Lobos, a little to the south, are fringed with Monterey cypresses, trees of tempestuous grandeur, and of a sort peculiar to the place.
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···· ····· per ···· of the residents of the ···· are ········ their lives to work connected with the aesthetic arts, as broadly defined.
The quote: Over sixty per cent of the residents of the town are devoting their lives to work connected with the aesthetic arts, as broadly defined.
Author of the Monterey County souvenir edition, 1915 · Monterey County, California: Souvenir Edition · 1915 Source ↗
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Carmel’s entire police department, when fully assembled, numbers just two—one man and one horse.
Two controlling ideas have ever marked the growth and development of Carmel: the least possible disturbance of nature, and a minimum of personal restraint.
If Pacific Grove be deemed unique, Carmel is not less so.
primarily, essentially and predominantly a residential community
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a ······· in a ······ overlooking a ····· ···· ·····
The quote: a village in a forest overlooking a white sand beach
How the city’s general plan describes the town · Carmel-by-the-Sea, California Source ↗
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My first trials with this medium were made at Carmel where the cypresses and rocks of Point Lobos, the always varying sunsets and the intriguing shadows of the sand dunes offered a rich field for color experiments.
The crown jewel of the California State Park System
Carmel had long been a city inoculated against any kind of radical development: There weren’t even street signs.
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But ice ····· ······ the ········ ····· for the ····· thing.
The quote: But ice cream became the stalking horse for the whole thing.
Carmel mayor in 2022, on the 1980s ice cream controversy · The True Story of Carmel’s Ice Cream Cone Controversy · 2022 Source ↗
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When emergency crews are responding, particularly at night, it’s very difficult to count houses in order to find the right house.
I think it’s more communal when you have to come down to the post office to get your mail because you can see your neighbors.
That’s one of the charms of Carmel. It’s one of the stories we get to tell.
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I ···· don’t ····· it’s necessary. I ···· ········ we’ve ····· this way for 100 years. We don’t need them.
The quote: I just don’t think it’s necessary. I mean, honestly, we’ve lived this way for 100 years. We don’t need them.
Mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea in 2024, on street addresses · Where do you live? That’s a complicated question for a California town with no street addresses · 2024 Source ↗
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When asked for their address, residents describe their homes’ color or style, nearby landmarks like cypress trees and fire hydrants or their location relative to the nearest cross street.
Many houses have signs with whimsical names like Neverland, Dreamcatcher and Pinch Me or descriptors such as “San Antonio 3 SE of 9th.”
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Exploring Carmel-by-the-Sea ····· ···· ········ ···· a storybook — and ······· is that sense of wonder more alive than among its Fairytale Cottages.
The quote: Exploring Carmel-by-the-Sea feels like stepping into a storybook — and nowhere is that sense of wonder more alive than among its Fairytale Cottages.
The official travel site, on the Fairytale Cottages · Carmel-by-the-Sea Fairytale Cottages Walking Tour Source ↗
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Nestled along California’s scenic coast lies storybook Carmel-by-the-Sea with one-of-a-kind experiences around every corner.
She is a deeply collaborative conductor, committed to exploring the human impulse behind any great work of art and to creating an atmosphere in which each artist is empowered to express themselves fully.
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…the ········ ···· ······ by the ······· ···· Carmel-by-the-Sea should become the epicenter of world-class music, art and cultural expression.
The quote: …the founders were guided by the premise that Carmel-by-the-Sea should become the epicenter of world-class music, art and cultural expression.
The festival, on its own history page · History of the Carmel Bach Festival Source ↗
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The Carmel Bach Festival is one of the oldest music festivals in the U.S., and is a living testament to the planning and artistic vision of its founders.
Dene and Hazel envisioned something that they believed would bring joy to the community, they figured out a way to do it, and...they got people so excited about their vision that everyone worked together to help them make it a success.
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······· ········ old ····· the wind-torn ····· ······· trunks.
The quote: Growing bitterly old among the wind-torn Lobos cypress trunks.
Poet of Carmel Point; from the poem “Tamar”, 1925 · Roan Stallion, Tamar and Other Poems · 1925 Source ↗
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Fresh as the air, salt as the foam, play birds in the bright wind
The best known of all the trees of this grove is a lone cypress on Midway Point. It has traversed the world in paintings and photographs and has now appeared on the screen.
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···· ······· of ····· ···· ····· of roots, and such apparent energy in huge, bared arms, with their sharp elbow-turns, that seem poised for a gigantic thrust!
The quote: Such cabling of rocks with ropes of roots, and such apparent energy in huge, bared arms, with their sharp elbow-turns, that seem poised for a gigantic thrust!
Author of The Cypress of Monterey, 1925 · The Cypress of Monterey: An Historical Sketch · 1925 Source ↗
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Such character as they reveal! Such directness of branching! Such ingenuity in twists and turns and flattened surfaces!
The wonderful old trees of the Monterey Cypress groves have their own power of silent speech.
A shady road, up hill and down dale, with ever-changing views, all beautiful, until the hill overlooking the Carmel vale is reached, and there we have a sight worthy of Eden in its happiest days.
Carmel Mission is the old Westminister Abbey of the State, the mausoleum of the great and the good, and the nation rewards the services of the past by giving up the dust of the good and brave to the guardianship of gophers and squirrels.
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It is a ····· ······· ···· now, and ······ ···· to its surroundings.
The quote: It is a noble edifice, even now, and fitted well to its surroundings.
Publishers of the 1881 History of Monterey County, on Carmel Mission · History of Monterey County, California · 1881 Source ↗
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The architecture of the Mission challenges admiration.
On July 4, 1911, a Pageant was given at Carmel, representing the historical incidents connected with the founding of the Mission.
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At ···· ····· ······· ···· the ····· of the hill, is seen the moss-covered dome of the Mission.
The quote: At this point, peering over the crest of the hill, is seen the moss-covered dome of the Mission.
Carmel authors of the 1912 mission guide book · Guide Book to the Mission of San Carlos at Carmel and Monterey · 1912 Source ↗
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No saloons are permitted in Carmel.
The theatre is in the open, on a wooded hillside, the slope of which forms the auditorium and the trees — the distinctive trees of the peninsula — are the scenery.
The true Carmel garden knows no straight lines nor conventional symmetry of arrangement.
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······ low ······· ········ ······· in ····· the silver green trunks of oaks, they hide back of masses of wild lilac, or peep out over the tops of quaint, moss-flecked wooden palings.
The quote: Little low redwood cottages snuggle in among the silver green trunks of oaks, they hide back of masses of wild lilac, or peep out over the tops of quaint, moss-flecked wooden palings.
Authors of Carmel—At Work and Play (1925), on the village’s homes · Carmel—At Work and Play · 1925 Source ↗
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Thin—lonely—gaunt—Point Lobos sticks its encrusted nose into the waters of the Pacific.
It is more as if a giant hand in forming this rough and rocky coast, had let a giant thumb indent a shallow print in the outline of the shore.
Indeed, so greatly did he love and appreciate the beauties of the country roundabout that he described it often as “The Garden of God.”
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······· ······· ···· visiting—were ······ and ···· by golden sunsets, enchanted woods, gnarled cypresses, rainbow-hued waters—and sent for their typewriters and their easels.
The quote: Brother artists came visiting—were caught and held by golden sunsets, enchanted woods, gnarled cypresses, rainbow-hued waters—and sent for their typewriters and their easels.
Authors of Carmel—At Work and Play (1925), on the artists who followed the founders · Carmel—At Work and Play · 1925 Source ↗
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Gus without his black horse seems as incomplete as one-half of a pair of scissors.
Writers, painters, the doctor and the druggist, business men of every line, wood choppers and retired capitalists, all come out with equal faithfulness each week.
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The ····· ······· has ···· ······ ······· from carrying a spear in Forest Theater productions.
The quote: The local plumber has only lately retired from carrying a spear in Forest Theater productions.
Authors of Carmel at Work and Play (1925), as quoted in Dawn and the Dons (Ford’s printing differs a little from the book) · Dawn and the Dons: The Romance of Monterey · 1926 Source ↗
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There isn’t a tired business man in Carmel, for few of the shopkeepers allow business to interfere with pleasure.
Ocean Avenue is a curious blend of old and new, of the picturesque and the ordinary, of art and commerce.
Doors are seldom locked, theft is almost unknown, and crimes of violence are so rare as to be negligible.
Originally a forest, its beauties lay unrevealed save to the old padres of the Mission until the opening year of the present century, when J. F. Devendorf and Frank H. Powers, men with discerning vision, saw the possibilities it had hitherto concealed.
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······ of ······ lovers of art, lovers of ····· lovers of ····· lovers of delightful companionship; ····· were the lured.
The quote: Lovers of nature, lovers of art, lovers of books, lovers of music, lovers of delightful companionship; these were the lured.
Author of Dawn and the Dons, 1926 · Dawn and the Dons: The Romance of Monterey · 1926 Source ↗
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