Calvino

Famous quotes containing the word calvino:

    The more enlightened our houses are, the more their walls ooze ghosts.
    —Italo Calvino (1923–1985)

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