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Quotes by Italian Authors

"The heart of man is, so to speak, the paradise of God."

"The heart of man is, so to speak, the paradise of God."

Alphonsus Liguori, Italian Clergyman

God, Heart, Paradise, Man

13

"Till now I have never shot a scene without taking account of what stands behind the actors because the relationship between people and their surroundings is of prime importance."

"Till now I have never shot a scene without taking account of what stands behind the actors because the relationship between people and their surroundings is of prime importance."

Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian Director

People, Actors, Importance, Now

13

"Stood off and on during the night, determining not to come to anchor till morning, fearing to meet with shoals; continued our course in the morning; and as the island was found to be six or seven leagues distant, and the tide was against us, it was noon when we arrived there."

"Stood off and on during the night, determining not to come to anchor till morning, fearing to meet with shoals; continued our course in the morning; and as the island was found to be six or seven leagues distant, and the tide was against us, it was noon when we arrived there."

Christopher Columbus, Italian Explorer

13

"I am open to everything."

"I am open to everything."

Luciano Pavarotti, Italian Musician

13

"The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding."

"The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding."

Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Artist

Joy, Pleasure, Understanding

13

"What grieves me most in my past offenses, O my loving God, is not so much the punishment I have deserved, as the displeasure I have given You, Who are worthy of infinite love."

"What grieves me most in my past offenses, O my loving God, is not so much the punishment I have deserved, as the displeasure I have given You, Who are worthy of infinite love."

Alphonsus Liguori, Italian Clergyman

Love, God, Infinite, Past

13

"Poetry is the art which is technically within the grasp of everyone: a piece of paper and a pencil and one is ready."

"Poetry is the art which is technically within the grasp of everyone: a piece of paper and a pencil and one is ready."

Eugenio Montale, Italian Poet

13

"I am neither a sociologist nor a politician. All I can do is imagine for myself what the future will be like."

"I am neither a sociologist nor a politician. All I can do is imagine for myself what the future will be like."

Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian Director

13

"Time takes all and gives all."

"Time takes all and gives all."

Giordano Bruno, Italian Philosopher

13

"For the first time in history all the major countries in the world are pushing together to reach this goal... building something in space that is really for all humankind."

"For the first time in history all the major countries in the world are pushing together to reach this goal... building something in space that is really for all humankind."

Umberto Guidoni, Italian Astronaut

History, Time, Goal, Building

13

"It would be very easy for us to do a collection that everybody would like and not criticize. But criticism is a part of life. You have to take it."

"It would be very easy for us to do a collection that everybody would like and not criticize. But criticism is a part of life. You have to take it."

Donatella Versace, Italian Designer

Life, Criticism

13

"You cannot survive if you do not know the past."

"You cannot survive if you do not know the past."

Oriana Fallaci, Italian Journalist

13

"I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I tell them the truth and they never believe me."

"I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I tell them the truth and they never believe me."

Camillo di Cavour, Italian Statesman

13

"Carving is easy, you just go down to the skin and stop."

"Carving is easy, you just go down to the skin and stop."

Michelangelo, Italian Artist

13

"But now I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth."

"But now I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth."

Umberto Eco, Italian Novelist

Truth, Now, World

13

"After all these years, I am still involved in the process of self-discovery. It's better to explore life and make mistakes than to play it safe. Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life."

"After all these years, I am still involved in the process of self-discovery. It's better to explore life and make mistakes than to play it safe. Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life."

Sophia Loren, Italian Actress

Life, Mistakes, Play, Self

13

"They think they have God Almighty by the toe."

"They think they have God Almighty by the toe."

Ludovico Ariosto, Italian Poet

13

"Europeans know the importance of the Resistance; it has been the shining example of the modern conscience."

"Europeans know the importance of the Resistance; it has been the shining example of the modern conscience."

Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian Author

Conscience, Example, Importance

13

"I present myself to you in a form suitable to the relationship I wish to achieve with you."

"I present myself to you in a form suitable to the relationship I wish to achieve with you."

Luigi Pirandello, Italian Playwright

13

"Foreign policy can mean several things, not only foreign policy in the narrow sense. It can cover foreign policy, relations with the developing world, and enlargement as well."

"Foreign policy can mean several things, not only foreign policy in the narrow sense. It can cover foreign policy, relations with the developing world, and enlargement as well."

Romano Prodi, Italian Statesman

Policy, Foreignpolicy, Sense, World

13

"Worthy or not, my life is my subject, and my subject is my life."

"Worthy or not, my life is my subject, and my subject is my life."

Giacomo Casanova, Italian Celebrity

13

"The fact remains; chauvinism is prevailing."

"The fact remains; chauvinism is prevailing."

Emma Bonino, Italian Politician

13

"We are an age without leaders. We stopped having leaders at the end of the 20th century."

"We are an age without leaders. We stopped having leaders at the end of the 20th century."

Oriana Fallaci, Italian Journalist

Age, End, Leaders

13

"Every western I did and will do; I will do it for the never ending young kid inside of me."

"Every western I did and will do; I will do it for the never ending young kid inside of me."

Franco Nero, Italian Actor

End, Ending, Will

13

"Love is when you don't have to be with another person to touch their heart!"

"Love is when you don't have to be with another person to touch their heart!"

Torquato Tasso, Italian Poet

13

"Riches don't make a man rich, they only make him busier."

"Riches don't make a man rich, they only make him busier."

Christopher Columbus, Italian Explorer

13

"There are some centuries which - apart from everything else - in the art and other disciplines presume to remake everything because they know how to make nothing."

"There are some centuries which - apart from everything else - in the art and other disciplines presume to remake everything because they know how to make nothing."

Giacomo Leopardi, Italian Poet

13

"What Romantic terminology called genius or talent or inspiration is nothing other than finding the right road empirically, following one's nose, taking shortcuts."

"What Romantic terminology called genius or talent or inspiration is nothing other than finding the right road empirically, following one's nose, taking shortcuts."

Italo Calvino, Italian Journalist

Inspirational, Talent, Genius, Inspiration, Nothing

13

"I achieved something specially different with Love To Love You Baby and I Feel Love. These songs will endure."

"I achieved something specially different with Love To Love You Baby and I Feel Love. These songs will endure."

Giorgio Moroder, Italian Producer

Love, Baby, Songs, Will

13

"The poet's spoken discourse often depends on a mystique, on the spiritual freedom that finds itself enslaved on earth."

"The poet's spoken discourse often depends on a mystique, on the spiritual freedom that finds itself enslaved on earth."

Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian Author

Earth, Freedom, Spiritual

13

"Where the senses fail us, reason must step in."

"Where the senses fail us, reason must step in."

Galileo Galilei, Italian Scientist

13

"Time is the father of truth, its mother is our mind."

"Time is the father of truth, its mother is our mind."

Giordano Bruno, Italian Philosopher

Time, Mother, Father, Truth

13

"While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart."

"While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart."

Francis of Assisi, Italian Saint

13

"A good cook is like a sorceress who dispenses happiness."

"A good cook is like a sorceress who dispenses happiness."

Elsa Schiaparelli, Italian Designer

13

"He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind."

"He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind."

Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Artist

13

"My success and my misfortunes, the bright and the dark days I have gone through, everything has proved to me that in this world, either physical or moral, good comes out of evil just as well as evil comes out of good."

"My success and my misfortunes, the bright and the dark days I have gone through, everything has proved to me that in this world, either physical or moral, good comes out of evil just as well as evil comes out of good."

Giacomo Casanova, Italian Celebrity

Success, Evil, World

13

"I feel less alone when I read the books of Ratzinger."

"I feel less alone when I read the books of Ratzinger."

Oriana Fallaci, Italian Journalist

13

"Every kind of music is good, except the boring kind."

"Every kind of music is good, except the boring kind."

Gioachino Rossini, Italian Composer

13

"The hero, the mythical subject, is constructed as human being and as male; he is the active principle of culture, the establisher of distinction, the creator of differences."

"The hero, the mythical subject, is constructed as human being and as male; he is the active principle of culture, the establisher of distinction, the creator of differences."

Teresa de Lauretis, Italian Author

13

"Are there memories left that are safe from the clutches of phony anniversaries?"

"Are there memories left that are safe from the clutches of phony anniversaries?"

Pope Paul VI, Italian Clergyman

13

"You dress elegant women. You dress sophisticated women. I dress sluts."

"You dress elegant women. You dress sophisticated women. I dress sluts."

Gianni Versace, Italian Designer

Woman, Women, Dress

13

"Nothing defines the quality of life in a community more clearly than people who regard themselves, or whom the consensus chooses to regard, as mentally unwell."

"Nothing defines the quality of life in a community more clearly than people who regard themselves, or whom the consensus chooses to regard, as mentally unwell."

Renata Adler, Italian Journalist

Life, Quality, People, Community

13

"Paradise is too perfect for humanity."

"Paradise is too perfect for humanity."

Dario Argento, Italian Director

Paradise, Humanity

13

"It is not the voice that commands the story: it is the ear."

"It is not the voice that commands the story: it is the ear."

Italo Calvino, Italian Journalist

13

"Even a polemic has some justification if one considers that my own first poetic experiments began during a dictatorship and mark the origin of the Hermetic movement."

"Even a polemic has some justification if one considers that my own first poetic experiments began during a dictatorship and mark the origin of the Hermetic movement."

Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian Author

Writing, Dictatorship, First, Justification

13

"My errors will point to thinking men the various roads, and will teach them the great art of treading on the brink of the precipice without falling into it."

"My errors will point to thinking men the various roads, and will teach them the great art of treading on the brink of the precipice without falling into it."

Giacomo Casanova, Italian Celebrity

Art, Men, Errors, Thinking

13

"Women dress alike all over the world: they dress to be annoying to other women."

"Women dress alike all over the world: they dress to be annoying to other women."

Elsa Schiaparelli, Italian Designer

Woman, Women, Dress

13

"Speak to Him often of your business, your plans, your troubles, your fears - of everything that concerns you."

"Speak to Him often of your business, your plans, your troubles, your fears - of everything that concerns you."

Alphonsus Liguori, Italian Clergyman

13

"But in its final creation it was not the part of the Father's power to fail as though exhausted. It was not the part of His wisdom to waver in a needful matter through poverty of counsel."

"But in its final creation it was not the part of the Father's power to fail as though exhausted. It was not the part of His wisdom to waver in a needful matter through poverty of counsel."

Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italian Writer

Power, Wisdom, Father, Creation

13

"When I was five. That's when I started to love film."

"When I was five. That's when I started to love film."

Dario Argento, Italian Director

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