“Privado de vuestra mirada soy ciego pues no me veis, mudo pues no me hablàis, desmemoriado pues de mì no acordàis” — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
“Dios ha muerto, el arte dejó de existir, la historia ha llegado a su fin, y yo mismo no me siento del… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
“para no acabar haciendo el necio, prefiero no empezar haciendo el listo.” — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
“Aspirar a algo que no tendrás jamás, ¿es ésta la agudeza del más generoso entre los deseos?” — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
“¡Qué hermoso era el espectáculo de la naturaleza aún no tocada por el saber, a menudo perverso, del hombre! Vi” — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
“A civilização não chegará à perfeição enquanto a última pedra da última igreja não tiver caído sobre o último padre, e a… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
“Se por acaso se espalhasse a ideia de que a poluição no mundo compromete não só as baleias mas também (desculpem o… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
“Los libros no están hechos para que uno crea en ellos, sino para ser sometidos a investigación. Cuando consideramos un libro, no… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
“All’università (allora, ma credo ancor oggi) le cose vanno all’opposto del mondo normale, non sono i figli che odiano i padri ma… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
“In hanc utilitatem clementes angeli saepe figuras, characteres, formas et voces invenerunt proposueruntque nobis mortalibus et ignotas et stupendas nullius rei iuxta… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
I think that at a certain age, say fifteen or sixteen, poetry is like masturbation. But later in life good poets burn their early… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
Followers of the occult believe in only what they already know, and in those things that confirm what they have already learned. — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
“This has nothing to do with realism (even if it explains also realism). A completely real world can be constructed, in which asses fly… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
“…there’s nothing in this world that demands more caution than the truth. To tell the truth is like leeching one’s own heart...” — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
The book is like the spoon, scissors, the hammer, the wheel. Once invented, it cannot be improved. You cannot make a spoon that is… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
“No algorithm exists for the metaphor, nor can a metaphor be produced by means of a computer’s precise instructions, no matter what the volume… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
With all of its defects, the global market makes war less likely, even between the USA and China. — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
The Fundamental Principle that governs - or ought to govern -human affairs if we wish to avoid misunderstandings, conflicts, or pointless utopias, is negotiation. — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
American coffee can be a pale solution served at a temperature of 100 degrees centigrade in plastic thermos cups, usually obligatory in railroad stations… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
Listening doesn't mean trying to understand. Anything, however trifling, may be of use one day. What matters is to know something that others don't… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
They say that a cat, if it falls from a window and hits its nose, can lose its sense of smell and then, because… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image