Italo Calvino

Born :15 October 1923

Tribute :19 September 1985

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Italo Calvino born on 15th October 1923, and passed away on 19th September 1985, leaving behind a legacy that continues to inspire generations. Over the past 61 years, we have thoughtfully curated a selection of 123 powerful, inspirational, and motivational quotes - carefully handpicked from an extensive archive of life lessons and timeless wisdom. This legendary quote writer was born in italian and went on to share won inspiring words with the world, leaving behind a global legacy that transcends borders.

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Quotes of Italo Calvino

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In abortion, the person who is massacred, physically and morally, is the woman.

I'm a Communist, fully convinced and dedicated to my cause.

Without translation, I would be limited to the borders of my own country. The translator is my most important ally. He introduces me to the world.

Thoughtful lightness can make frivolity seem dull and heavy.

Reading is a possession, a march toward a possession.

One writes fables in periods of oppression.

New York is a fabled city, a fabulous city.

Man is simply the best chance we know of that matter has had of providing itself with information about itself.

If the reader looks, I think he will find plenty of moral and political ideas in my stories.

I'm a regular guy; I like well-defined outlines. I'm old-fashioned, bourgeois.

I will revolutionise art and the world. Hurrah!

Writers divide into those who write biting their nails and those who don't. Some writers write licking their finger.

The writer is someone who tears himself to pieces in order to liberate his neighbor.

Politics is marginal, but literature moves along by indirection.

Of course, I'm of the generation that grew up with Hemingway and Faulkner as strong influences.

My stories are full of facts; they have a beginning and an end. For that reason, they will never... occupy a place in contemporary literature.

Classics are books which, the more we think we know them through hearsay, the more original, unexpected, and innovative we find them when we actually read them.

Biographical data, even those recorded in the public registers, are the most private things one has, and to declare them openly is rather like facing a psychoanalyst.

When I'm writing a book, I prefer not to speak about it, because only when the book is finished can I try to understand what I've really done and to compare my intentions with the result.

I am more and more convinced that literature is made up of works, genres, schools, discussions, problems, collective work in order to solve certain problems.

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