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Umberto Eco Quotes

Umberto Eco quotes

Italian Novelist, Philosopher January 5, 1932

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They say that a cat, if it falls from a window and hits its nose, can lose its sense of smell and then, because cats live by their ability to smell, it can no longer recognize things. I’m a cat that hit its nose. Umberto Eco
From lies to forgeries the step is not so long, and I have written technical essays on the logic of forgeries and on the influence of forgeries on history. Umberto Eco
Umberto Eco quote: "My father was an accountant and his father was a typographer."
My father was an accountant and his father was a typographer. Umberto Eco
Here's a book about gnomes, undines, salamanders, elves, sylphs, fairies, but it, too, brings in the origins of Aryan civilization. The SS, apparently, are descended from the Seven Dwarfs. Umberto Eco
Umberto Eco quote: "It is a myth of publishers that people want to read easy things."
It is a myth of publishers that people want to read easy things. Umberto Eco
Umberto Eco quote: "I developed a passion for the Middle Ages the same way some..."
I developed a passion for the Middle Ages the same way some people develop a passion for coconuts. Umberto Eco
Umberto Eco quote: "When you are on the dancefloor, there is nothing to do but dance."
When you are on the dancefloor, there is nothing to do but dance. Umberto Eco
A narrator should not supply interpretations of his work; otherwise he would have not written a novel, which is a machine for generating interpretations. Umberto Eco
Umberto Eco quote: "We live for books."
We live for books. Umberto Eco
Umberto Eco quote: "The book is like the wheel - once invented, it cannot be..."
The book is like the wheel - once invented, it cannot be bettered. Umberto Eco
Thus I rediscovered what writers have always known (and have told us again and again): books always speak of other books, and every story tells a story that has already been told. Umberto Eco
Umberto Eco quote: "How clear everything becomes when you look from the darkness..."
How clear everything becomes when you look from the darkness of a dungeon. Umberto Eco
Umberto Eco quote: "True learning must not be content with ideas, which are, in..."
True learning must not be content with ideas, which are, in fact, signs, but must discover things in their individual truth. Umberto Eco
Umberto Eco quote: "The comic is the perception of the opposite; humor is the..."
The comic is the perception of the opposite; humor is the feeling of it. Umberto Eco
Rem tene, verba sequentur: grasp the subject, and the words will follow. This, I believe, is the opposite of what happens with poetry, which is more a case of verba tene, res sequenter: grasp the words, and the subject will follow. Umberto Eco

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