Quentin holds two bachelor's degrees in History and Political Science from the University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. He received his first master’s in Jewish Studies from the École Pratique des Hautes Études Sorbonne during which he conducted research on the early life of Claude Lanzmann and his relation with Jewishness, Israel and the Holocaust. His second master’s thesis at Sciences Po Paris was focused on the history of the Maison Française of NYU within the French-US artistic and academic relations. As an exchange student, he spent six months at the University St-Joseph of Beirut and one year at the School of Advanced Study in London.