"Monsters exist because they are part of the……" — Umberto Eco
"Monsters exist because they are part of the divine plan, and in the horrible features of those same monsters the power of the creator is revealed."
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275 Quotes by Umberto Eco
Umberto Eco has 275 quotes on this site.
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Whenever a poet or preacher, chief or wizard spouts gibberish, the human race spends centuries deciphering the message.
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The Art of the Romance, though warning us that it is providing fictions, opens a door into the Palace of…
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In the construction of Immortal Fame you need first of all a cosmic shamelessness.
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If two things don't fit, but you believe both of them, thinking that somewhere, hidden, there must be a third…
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The pleasures of love are pains that become desirable, where sweetness and torment blend, and so love is voluntary insanity,…
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The ideology of this America wants to establish reassurance through Imitation. But profit defeats ideology, because the consumers want to…
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The postmodern reply to the modern consists of recognizing that the past, since it cannot really be destroyed, because its…
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Every great thinker is someone else's moron.
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When all the archetypes burst out shamelessly, we plumb the depths of Homeric profundity. Two clichés make us laugh but…
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There are two kinds of friendship: one is genuine affection, the other is inability to refuse.
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American coffee can be a pale solution served at a temperature of 100oC
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There is a constant in the average American imagination and taste, for which the past must be preserved and celebrated…
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On the recollection of so many and great favours and blessings, I now, with a high sense of gratitude, presume…
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Now, if you notice how the swan, putting its neck down into the deep water, brings up food for itself…
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The creator of the universe works in mysterious ways. But he uses a base ten counting system and likes round…
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I became, and remain, my characters' close and intent watcher: their director, never. Their creator I cannot feel that I…
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Female artists are the perfect example of a creator: They know how to make life and art with their bodies.…
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The downtrodden are the great creators of slang.
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There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the…
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Great businessmen are creators.
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