Florence Quote by Matteo Renzi

I've always considered Florence as my girlfriend. I don't have to explain my love for this city.

— Gabriel Batistuta

Florence is probably one of the most beautiful cities in Italy. It's very quiet as well - there's not much nightlife - so it…

— Peter Dundas

I may not be the world's best glad-handing politician, but I've been elected mayor twice. I understand politics. And I definitely understand where the…

— Anthony A. Williams

Florence - the city of tranquillity made manifest.

— Katherine Cecil Thurston

Cities have distinct personalities. It's a matter of knowing it.

— Anne Rice

The point is, is that when you elect a politician, it has nothing to do with their personality. Politicians perform a function, a role…

— Boots Riley

“Meanwhile, Florence was increasingly becoming, for different reasons that not were not foreign to one another nor opposed – artistic and cultural on the…

— Franco Cardini

I like the world, but I feel very, very Italian. I love the small parts of my country: Tuscany, Capri in the winter. I…

— Luca Cordero di Montezemolo

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

Rome is stately and impressive; Florence is all beauty and enchantment; Genoa is picturesque; Venice is a dream city; but Naples is simply --…

— Lilian Whiting

“Italy has been a single, united country only since 1870. For many centuries before this, it was a collection of independent “city states.” Each…

— Marilyn Tolhurst

Cities are about juxtaposition. In Florence, classical buildings sit against medieval buildings. It's that contrast we like. In Bordeaux, we built law courts right…

— Richard Rogers