Italo Calvino Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: journalist
  • Nationality: italian
  • Birth: October 15, 1923 - September 19, 1985

Topics

RomanticTalentRoadGeniusFinding

We need to have a modicum of faith in people's common sense, creativity and will to survive and prosper even in the face of great difficulties and obstacles. If people could keep society running in the aftermath of the Black Death, they could keep it running after the U.S. government defaulted on its debt.

Robert Higgs

FaithGreatCreativityDeathPeople

Most novices picture themselves as masters - and are content with the picture. This is why there are so few masters.

Jean Toomer

PictureWhyContentMastersMost

For me, luxury isn't just the real thing. It's also fake. Swarovski crystals or real diamonds? It's a game.

Sonia Rykiel

MeGameDiamondsFakeLuxuryReal

Marriage was probably the worst mistake I ever made in my life.

Tony Dorsett

LifeMarriageMistakeMy LifeWorst

The difference between playing a positive and a negative role is only in the portrayal.

Roop Durgapal

PositiveNegativeDifferenceRole

I'm just a very primitive, infantile folk singer.

Robert Wyatt

SingerJustVeryFolkPrimitive

I just want to be married, or just engaged. Basically, I just want a ring. And the tax break.

Christina Ricci

TaxWantRingBreakJustEngaged

If I hadn't learned to lay on a two-hander once in a while, I'd never have left Flin Flon.

Bobby Clarke

NeverLeftOnceLearnedLayWhile

I think we're scared of intimacy - all of us, a little bit.

Brit Marling

ThinkIntimacyLittleScaredUsBit

The more money the louder it talks.

Arnold Rothstein

MoneyMoreLouderTalks

In 'Gangs of Wasseypur,' I wanted to take violence forward and play it up.

Anurag Kashyap

ForwardViolencePlayUpTakeGangs

Nobody despises to lose more than I do. That's got me into trouble over the years, but it also made a man of mediocre ability into a pretty good coach.

Woody Hayes

GoodManMeLoseNobodyTrouble

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