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Quotes by Italian Authors

"You can be great only if it is your destiny."

"You can be great only if it is your destiny."

Andrea Bocelli, Italian Musician

6

"In our own time it has been seen... that simple children, roughly brought up in the wilderness, have begun to draw by themselves, impelled by their own natural genius, instructed solely by the example of these beautiful paintings and sculptures of Nature."

"In our own time it has been seen... that simple children, roughly brought up in the wilderness, have begun to draw by themselves, impelled by their own natural genius, instructed solely by the example of these beautiful paintings and sculptures of Nature."

Giorgio Vasari, Italian Artist

Nature, Time, Genius, Children

6

"People have a right to criticize."

"People have a right to criticize."

Luciano Pavarotti, Italian Musician

6

"It's a beautiful tale, and today is a beautiful day without any bugs."

"It's a beautiful tale, and today is a beautiful day without any bugs."

Hugo Pratt, Italian Cartoonist

Bugs, Day, Today

6

"I've always been drawn to tormented people full of contradictions."

"I've always been drawn to tormented people full of contradictions."

Antonio Tabucchi, Italian Writer

6

"We are the world. We are the people and we deserve better not because we're worth it but because no worth can be put on the incalculable, on the infinite, on life."

"We are the world. We are the people and we deserve better not because we're worth it but because no worth can be put on the incalculable, on the infinite, on life."

Nick Mancuso, Italian Actor

Life, People, Infinite, World

6

"Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty: permit the distinctive sign of our order to be that it does not possess anything of its own beneath the sun, for the glory of your name, and that it have no other patrimony than begging."

"Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty: permit the distinctive sign of our order to be that it does not possess anything of its own beneath the sun, for the glory of your name, and that it have no other patrimony than begging."

Francis of Assisi, Italian Saint

Glory, Name, Order, Sun

6

"Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that are not at hand."

"Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that are not at hand."

Thomas Aquinas, Italian Theologian

6

"In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you."

"In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you."

Dario Argento, Italian Director

Italy, Judges, Old

6

"Fashion is never in crisis because clothes are always necessary."

"Fashion is never in crisis because clothes are always necessary."

Achille Maramotti, Italian Entrepreneur

Clothes, Crisis, Fashion

6

"The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing; and when men succeed in this they are always praised rather than condemned. But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes."

"The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing; and when men succeed in this they are always praised rather than condemned. But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes."

Niccolo Machiavelli, Italian Writer

Man, Men, Ability, Mistakes, Succeed

6

"Any time not spent on love is wasted."

"Any time not spent on love is wasted."

Torquato Tasso, Italian Poet

Love, Time, Italiian

6

"Hype is the awkward and desperate attempt to convince journalists that what you've made is worth the misery of having to review it."

"Hype is the awkward and desperate attempt to convince journalists that what you've made is worth the misery of having to review it."

Federico Fellini, Italian Director

Art, Misery, Worth

6

"Love is when he gives you a piece of your soul, that you never knew was missing."

"Love is when he gives you a piece of your soul, that you never knew was missing."

Torquato Tasso, Italian Poet

Love, Soul, Italiian

6

"Although nature commences with reason and ends in experience it is necessary for us to do the opposite, that is to commence with experience and from this to proceed to investigate the reason."

"Although nature commences with reason and ends in experience it is necessary for us to do the opposite, that is to commence with experience and from this to proceed to investigate the reason."

Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Artist

Nature, Experience, Reason

6

"Measure what is measurable, and make measurable what is not so."

"Measure what is measurable, and make measurable what is not so."

Galileo Galilei, Italian Scientist

6

"The history of saints is mainly the history of insane people."

"The history of saints is mainly the history of insane people."

Benito Mussolini, Italian Politician

History, People, Saints

6

"Whatever is a reality today, whatever you touch and believe in and that seems real for you today, is going to be - like the reality of yesterday - an illusion tomorrow."

"Whatever is a reality today, whatever you touch and believe in and that seems real for you today, is going to be - like the reality of yesterday - an illusion tomorrow."

Luigi Pirandello, Italian Playwright

Illusion, Reality, Today, Tomorrow

6

"Paradise is too perfect for humanity."

"Paradise is too perfect for humanity."

Dario Argento, Italian Director

Paradise, Humanity

6

"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

6

"I don't like balance. Balance is not a word you can use in Versace fashion."

"I don't like balance. Balance is not a word you can use in Versace fashion."

Donatella Versace, Italian Designer

Balance, Fashion, Word

6

"If children are not introduced to music at an early age, I believe something fundamental is actually being taken from them."

"If children are not introduced to music at an early age, I believe something fundamental is actually being taken from them."

Luciano Pavarotti, Italian Musician

Music, Age, Being, Children

6

"Albania has to demonstrate that it is willing to be a reliable partner in the international community."

"Albania has to demonstrate that it is willing to be a reliable partner in the international community."

Emma Bonino, Italian Politician

6

"It is right to hate sin, but not to hate the sinner."

"It is right to hate sin, but not to hate the sinner."

Giovanni Guareschi, Italian Journalist

Hate, Right, Sin

6

"I am not handsome, but when women hear me play, they come crawling to my feet."

"I am not handsome, but when women hear me play, they come crawling to my feet."

Niccolo Paganini, Italian Musician

Woman, Women, Feet, Play

6

"We all want to be someone else but without ceasing to be ourselves. I think it's very important to defend this idea in real life too."

"We all want to be someone else but without ceasing to be ourselves. I think it's very important to defend this idea in real life too."

Antonio Tabucchi, Italian Writer

Life, Idea, Want

6

"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

6

"Admittedly great though these reasons be, they are not the principal grounds, that is, those which may rightfully claim for themselves the privilege of the highest admiration."

"Admittedly great though these reasons be, they are not the principal grounds, that is, those which may rightfully claim for themselves the privilege of the highest admiration."

Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italian Writer

Admiration, May, Privilege

6

"Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words."

"Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words."

Francis of Assisi, Italian Saint

Religion, Words

6

"Opera is a beautiful and important diversion for me."

"Opera is a beautiful and important diversion for me."

Luciano Pavarotti, Italian Musician

6

"God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which belongs to us."

"God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which belongs to us."

Niccolo Machiavelli, Italian Writer

God, Freewill, Glory

6

"The world is a living image of God."

"The world is a living image of God."

Tommaso Campanella, Italian Philosopher

God, Living, World, Italiian

6

"I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences."

"I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences."

Dario Argento, Italian Director

Audience, Audiences, Want

6

"I was on a founding members of the Canadian theatre movement in the late 60's till the mid 70's and performed theatre from Halifax to Vancouver and all places in between."

"I was on a founding members of the Canadian theatre movement in the late 60's till the mid 70's and performed theatre from Halifax to Vancouver and all places in between."

Nick Mancuso, Italian Actor

Founding, Theatre

5

"The salt of any interesting civilization is mixture."

"The salt of any interesting civilization is mixture."

Antonio Tabucchi, Italian Writer

5

"I took acting and elocution lessons, to get rid of my Sicilian accent."

"I took acting and elocution lessons, to get rid of my Sicilian accent."

Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Italian Actress

5

"It often happens that I wake up at night and begin to think about a serious problem and decide I must tell the Pope about it. Then I wake up completely and remember that I am the Pope."

"It often happens that I wake up at night and begin to think about a serious problem and decide I must tell the Pope about it. Then I wake up completely and remember that I am the Pope."

Pope John XXIII, Italian Clergyman

5

"The catalogue of forms is endless: until every shape has found its city, new cities will continue to be born. When the forms exhaust their variety and come apart, the end of cities begins."

"The catalogue of forms is endless: until every shape has found its city, new cities will continue to be born. When the forms exhaust their variety and come apart, the end of cities begins."

Italo Calvino, Italian Journalist

Urbanism, Cities, End, Variety, Will

5

"The fear of failure is so great, it is no wonder that the desire to do right by one's children has led to a whole library of books offering advice on how to raise them."

"The fear of failure is so great, it is no wonder that the desire to do right by one's children has led to a whole library of books offering advice on how to raise them."

Bruno Bettelheim, Italian Writer

Fear, Failure, Advice, Books

5

"When I was a teenager, I read a lot of Poe."

"When I was a teenager, I read a lot of Poe."

Dario Argento, Italian Director

5

"A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests."

"A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests."

Niccolo Machiavelli, Italian Writer

5

"Families don't make projects for five years, they make projects for generations."

"Families don't make projects for five years, they make projects for generations."

Achille Maramotti, Italian Entrepreneur

Generations, Projects, Years

5

"Why should be elite, music? Excuse me. Music must be for everybody."

"Why should be elite, music? Excuse me. Music must be for everybody."

Luciano Pavarotti, Italian Musician

5

"The music itself could never take the place of my own passion in life."

"The music itself could never take the place of my own passion in life."

Luciano Pavarotti, Italian Musician

Life, Music, Passion

5

"I don't like being famous - it is like a prison. And driving for Ferrari would make it far worse."

"I don't like being famous - it is like a prison. And driving for Ferrari would make it far worse."

Valentino Rossi, Italian Athlete

Being, Driving, Famous, Prison

5

"I began taking liberties a long time ago; now it is standard practice for most directors to ignore the rules."

"I began taking liberties a long time ago; now it is standard practice for most directors to ignore the rules."

Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian Director

Time, Now, Practice, Rules

5

"It's the job of intellectuals and writers to cast doubt on perfection."

"It's the job of intellectuals and writers to cast doubt on perfection."

Antonio Tabucchi, Italian Writer

Doubt, Intellectuals, Job, Perfection

5

"When the devil grows old he turns hermit."

"When the devil grows old he turns hermit."

Ludovico Ariosto, Italian Poet

5

"Every business is there to make money, and making a record is business. This tends to be forgotten by many."

"Every business is there to make money, and making a record is business. This tends to be forgotten by many."

Giorgio Moroder, Italian Producer

Business, Money

5

"Arafat contradicts himself every five minutes. He always plays the double-cross, lies even if you ask him what time it is."

"Arafat contradicts himself every five minutes. He always plays the double-cross, lies even if you ask him what time it is."

Oriana Fallaci, Italian Journalist

5

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