Firsts Quote by Francesco Clemente Download Open image “I first think of intelligence. You need it for surviving in Italy because Italy is so pompous.” — Francesco Clemente ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Firsts Intelligence Needs Pompous Surviving Thinking
Italy is a country which is willing to submit itself to the worst governments. It is, as we know, a country ruled by disorder,… — Natalia Ginzburg Copy Share Image
Looking good in Italy is even more important than looking where you're going. — Jeremy Clarkson Copy Share Image
Appeal to all scholars of stupidity in the world. Come to Italy, this country has the highest rate of morons of the universe, especially… — William C. Brown Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
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If you want to compete in Italy, the only accepted ways are brute force, or cunning. Like Machiavelli says, "Fronte otra forze." And neither… — Francesco Clemente Copy Share Image
Italy should learn from the English system regarding security and civility. — Gianluca Vialli Copy Share Image
Italians know about human nature - they understand human nature perhaps better than anyone else does. They know that people are weak and greedy… — Donna Leon Copy Share Image
As long as a certain problem primarily affects a different country, in this case Italy, one might not put it at the very top… — Paolo Gentiloni Copy Share Image
We have a system in the hands of bureaucracy. Everything is difficult. Everything is complicated. And my idea is simply give simplicity to Italy. — Matteo Renzi Copy Share Image
When you sit for an hour and a half in front of somebody, he or she shows about twenty faces. And so it's this… — Francesco Clemente Copy Share Image
Maybe poets express more directly a sense of sympathy for other human beings. Painting is a little bit more of a retreat from human… — Francesco Clemente Copy Share Image
When I look at a drawing of a person, I look at that person as living. — Francesco Clemente Copy Share Image
There's poetry in the world. Poetry doesn't belong just to the poets. You know, you can look at the most premeditated, cold blooded movie… — Francesco Clemente Copy Share Image
A photograph to me is always a reminder of how the person was on a certain day in that certain light fixed. When I… — Francesco Clemente Copy Share Image
That moment when the person actually dictates the way I do the portrait is when the intimacy arrives. — Francesco Clemente Copy Share Image
It is very scary to think mechanically about someone you know. That means that the second time you meet a person is useless. Which… — Francesco Clemente Copy Share Image
We are not naturally intelligent, or happy. In fact, every day it is harder to remain intelligent. It seems often that people get intelligent… — Francesco Clemente Copy Share Image
Fashion is the pursuit of perfection, Style is the acceptance of one's flaws. — Francesco Clemente Copy Share Image
My portraits are half what I see and the other half is invented or dictated by the person and the painting. — Francesco Clemente Copy Share Image
In India and in New York the economy is naked. People are starving physically in India, and emotionally in New York. — Francesco Clemente Copy Share Image
In my head I am in one of those Buddhist caves where you see a thousand Buddha faces on the wall. In my head… — Francesco Clemente Copy Share Image
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We need a system that serves our needs, not the needs of others. Remember, under a Trump administration it's called America first. Remember that. — Donald Trump Copy Share Image