Italo Calvino Quotes

Best 20+ Italo Calvino Messages, Quotes, and Images

A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.

A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.

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.

The universe is the mirror in which we can contemplate only what we have learned to know in ourselves

The universe is the mirror in which we can contemplate only what we have learned to know in ourselves

It is within you that the ghosts acquire voices.

It is within you that the ghosts acquire voices.

You'll understand when you've forgotten what you understood before

You'll understand when you've forgotten what you understood before

The ideal place for me is the one in which it is most natural to live as a foreigner.

The ideal place for me is the one in which it is most natural to live as a foreigner.

A classic is a book which with each rereading offers as much of a sense of discovery as the first reading.

A classic is a book which with each rereading offers as much of a sense of discovery as the first reading.

Knowledge of the world means dissolving the solidity of the world.

Knowledge of the world means dissolving the solidity of the world.

Memories images, once they are fixed in words, are erased.

Memories images, once they are fixed in words, are erased.

...Life is nothing but trading smells.

...Life is nothing but trading smells.

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