Calvino

Famous quotes containing the word calvino:

“The ideal place for me is the one in which it is most natural to live as a foreigner.”
—Italo Calvino (1923–1985)

“When politicians and politically minded people pay too much attention to literature, it is a bad sign—a bad sign mostly for literature.... But it is also a bad sign when they don’t want to hear the word mentioned.”
—Italo Calvino (1923–1985)

“We could say, then, that man is an instrument the world employs to renew its own image constantly.”
—Italo Calvino (1923–1985)