Author: Italo Calvino

Quotes

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

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

In love, as in gluttony, pleasure is a matter of the utmost precision.

In love, as in gluttony, pleasure is a matter of the utmost precision.

- Italo Calvino

I do not understand how you can associate abortion with an idea of hedonism or the good life.

I do not understand how you can associate abortion with an idea of hedonism or the good life.

- Italo Calvino

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