|

|

Advertisements

Italo Calvino Quotes

My university work was not central to my education Picture Quote #1

Cities, like dreams, are made of desires and fears Picture Quote #1

I suffer from everyday life Picture Quote #1

One reads alone, even in another’s presence Picture Quote #1

Nature in America does not arouse powerful emotions in me Picture Quote #1

I spend 12 hours a day reading on most days of the year Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

I have never loved any writer as much as Hemingway Picture Quote #1

I don’t believe chance can play a role in my literature Picture Quote #1

You’ll understand when you’ve forgotten what you understood before Picture Quote #1

A quarter of America is a dramatic, tense, violent country, exploding with contradictions, full of brutal, physiological vitality, and that is the America that I have really loved and love. But a good half of it is a country of boredom, emptiness, monotony, brainless production, and brainless consumption, and this is the American inferno Picture Quote #1

I feel so at home in New York that I don’t have the urge to write about it Picture Quote #1

You know that the best you can expect is to avoid the worst Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

It is within you that the ghosts acquire voices Picture Quote #1

Knowledge of the world means dissolving the solidity of the world Picture Quote #1

At times the mirror increases a thing’s value, at times denies it Picture Quote #1

Sometimes one who thinks himself incomplete is merely young Picture Quote #1

Memories images, once they are fixed in words, are erased Picture Quote #1

How well I would write if I were not here! Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

Futures not achieved are only branches of the past: dead branches Picture Quote #1

... Life is nothing but trading smells Picture Quote #1

What harbor can receive you more securely than a great library? Picture Quote #1

In general confusion youth recognizes itself and rejoices Picture Quote #1

Melancholy is sadness that has taken on lightness Picture Quote #1

Falsehood is never in words; it is in things Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

The more enlightened our houses are, the more their walls ooze ghosts Picture Quote #1

It is not the voice that commands the story: it is the ear Picture Quote #1

In love, as in gluttony, pleasure is a matter of the utmost precision Picture Quote #1

A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say Picture Quote #1

Revolutionaries are more formalistic than conservatives Picture Quote #1

Novelists tell that piece of truth hidden at the bottom of every lie Picture Quote #1

1 2

Friendship Quotes

Motivational Quotes

Inspirational Quotes

Advertisements

Text Quotes

My university work was not central to my education (Italo Calvino Quotes) Cities, like dreams, are made of desires and fears (Italo Calvino Quotes) I suffer from everyday life (Italo Calvino Quotes) One reads alone, even in another’s presence (Italo Calvino Quotes) Nature in America does not arouse powerful emotions in me (Italo Calvino Quotes) I spend 12 hours a day reading on most days of the year (Italo Calvino Quotes) I have never loved any writer as much as Hemingway (Italo Calvino Quotes) I don’t believe chance can play a role in my literature (Italo Calvino Quotes) You’ll understand when you’ve forgotten what you understood before (Italo Calvino Quotes) A quarter of America is a dramatic, tense, violent country, exploding with contradictions, full of brutal, physiological vitality, and that is the America that I have really loved and love. But a good half of it is a country of boredom, emptiness, monotony, brainless production, and brainless consumption, and this is the American inferno. (Italo Calvino Quotes) I feel so at home in New York that I don’t have the urge to write about it (Italo Calvino Quotes) You know that the best you can expect is to avoid the worst (Italo Calvino Quotes) It is within you that the ghosts acquire voices (Italo Calvino Quotes) Knowledge of the world means dissolving the solidity of the world (Italo Calvino Quotes) At times the mirror increases a thing’s value, at times denies it (Italo Calvino Quotes) Sometimes one who thinks himself incomplete is merely young (Italo Calvino Quotes) Memories images, once they are fixed in words, are erased (Italo Calvino Quotes) How well I would write if I were not here! (Italo Calvino Quotes) Futures not achieved are only branches of the past: dead branches (Italo Calvino Quotes) ... Life is nothing but trading smells (Italo Calvino Quotes) What harbor can receive you more securely than a great library? (Italo Calvino Quotes) In general confusion youth recognizes itself and rejoices (Italo Calvino Quotes) Melancholy is sadness that has taken on lightness (Italo Calvino Quotes) Falsehood is never in words; it is in things (Italo Calvino Quotes) The more enlightened our houses are, the more their walls ooze ghosts (Italo Calvino Quotes) It is not the voice that commands the story: it is the ear (Italo Calvino Quotes) In love, as in gluttony, pleasure is a matter of the utmost precision (Italo Calvino Quotes) A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say (Italo Calvino Quotes) Revolutionaries are more formalistic than conservatives (Italo Calvino Quotes) Novelists tell that piece of truth hidden at the bottom of every lie (Italo Calvino Quotes)

1 2