Awake Quote by D. H. Lawrence

For us to go to Italy and to penetrate into Italy is like a most fascinating act of self-discovery

— D. H. Lawrence

More and more, I am beginning to understand why every one who has ever accomplished anything really great and truly beautiful in the past…

— Marie Van Vorst

“First of all, let's get one thing straight. Your Italy and our Italia are not the same thing. Italy is a soft drug peddled…

— Beppe Severgnini

in Italy, almost at every step, history and poetry add to the graces of nature, sweeten the memory of the past, and seem to…

— Madame de Stael

It's fascinating to travel around Italy and realize just how many different ways they make spaghetti.

— Mario Batali

“We Italian Americans, on the other hand, commemorate our past only to remind ourselves how far we have travelled from it.”

— Joseph Luzzi

“One of the great joys of traveling through Italy is discovering firsthand that it is, indeed, a dream destination.”

— Debra Levinson

“Remember that it's only by going off the track that you get to know the country...And don't, let me beg you, go with that…

— Anonymous

Every one of my buildings begins with an Italian journey.

— Alvar Aalto

We have very strong roots in Italy and we are committed to deepen these roots even more.

— Antoine Arnault

Italians are fantastic people, really. They can work you over in an alley while singing an opera.

— Don Rickles

There is something majestic in the bad taste of Italy.

— E. M. Forster