Antonio Tabucchi
Antonio Tabucchi
Antonio Tabucchiwas an Italian writer and academic who taught Portuguese language and literature at the University of Siena, Italy...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth23 September 1943
CountryItaly
Antonio Tabucchi quotes about
teacher views literature
Literature is my life of course, but from an ontological point of view. From an existential point of view, I like being a teacher.
people literature dont-trust
personally I don't trust literature that soothes people's consciences.
philosophy literature fantasy
Philosophy appears to concern itself only with the truth, but perhaps expresses only fantasies, while literature appears to concern itself only with fantasies, but perhaps it expresses the truth.
mean perfection democracy
But democracy isn't a state of perfection. It has to be improved, and that means constant vigilance.
thinking hands four-elements
But I don't think I have any particular talent for prediction, because when you have three or four elements in hand, you don't have to be a genius to reach certain conclusions.
dream jobs desire
Literature for me isn't a workaday job, but something which involves desires, dreams and fantasy.
regret able feels
Rather than regret for what I have written, I feel regret for what I shall never be able to read.
civilization interesting salt
The salt of any interesting civilization is mixture.
claims
I claim the right to take a stand once in a while.
war people grandfather
I vividly remember the stories my grandfather told me about the carnage of the First World War, which people tend to forget was one of the worst massacres in human history.
running thinking museums
Eco sees the intellectual as an organizer of culture, someone who can run a magazine or a museum. An administrator, in fact. I think this is a melancholy situation for an intellectual.
book people engagement
My books are about losers, about people who've lost their way and are engaged in a search.
people satisfying
I don't go for people who lead full and satisfying lives.
soul intellectual body
A l'intérieur de ce corps vivait l'âme d'une intellectuelle et poète dont personne n'avait le soupçon. Within this body lived the soul of an intellectual and poet, which nobody had suspected.