Most people live in the city and go to the country at the weekend, and that’s posh and aristocratic, but actually to live in the country and come to London when you can’t take it any more is different.

Damien Hirst (b.1965)

On 4th March 1830, I arrived in London, where a new world seemed opened to me.

Henry Bessemer (1813-1898)

My cousin’s gay, he went to London only to find out that Big Ben was a clock.

Rodney Dangerfield (1921-2004)

A London boy, oh a London boy, your flashy clothes are your pride and joy, a London boy, a London boy, you’re crying out loud that you’re a London boy.

David Bowie (b.1947)

In London everyone is different, and that means anyone can fit in.

Paddington Bear