I am honoured to have the opportunity to follow in the footsteps of my esteemed colleague and fellow poet Mr. Dennis Lee, it will be with pride and passion that I carry forward the mandate of the Poet Laureate position… — Pier Giorgio Di Cicco Copy Share Image
A strategist is one who helps people relax into their creative skills. People won't rally unless an idea is beautiful... Everyone is hanging on… — Pier Giorgio Di Cicco Copy Share Image
When civic leaders are in love with their cities they are listened to; they are credible. — Pier Giorgio Di Cicco Copy Share Image
True creative cities produce the legacy of an idea that does what funding cannot do: to foster.. — Pier Giorgio Di Cicco Copy Share Image
A city's art must give the impression that art is as indispensable a thing as water, or food. — Pier Giorgio Di Cicco Copy Share Image
The most adorable thing about Toronto is that she remains fiercely aloof and indifferent to the fads and entrepreneurial fevers of her lovers. She is intractably herself, admissive to the most vagrant, sober in a way that gets misinterpreted as stodginess. Her generosity extends to the meek as well as the gold diggers. Mercifully, she doesn't give a hoot about… — Pier Giorgio Di Cicco Copy Share
The true measure of a city is its soul. This is the restless energy that doesn't wait for political leadership. — Pier Giorgio Di Cicco Copy Share Image
In the future, all cities will be distinguished by one thing only. The nature of their enthusiasm. — Pier Giorgio Di Cicco Copy Share Image
“I Want You to See" I want you to see the hole in my shirt where your heart went through like a Colt 45,… — Pier Giorgio Di Cicco Copy Share Image
I am honoured to have the opportunity to follow in the footsteps of my esteemed colleague and fellow poet Mr. Dennis Lee, it will… — Pier Giorgio Di Cicco Copy Share Image
A city's greatness is manifest in a people confident in their ability to take risks, to encounter — Pier Giorgio Di Cicco Copy Share Image
