Quotes by Venice I shall be an Attila to Venice. Napoleon Bonaparte venice history On December 12, 1829, Paganini wrote his friend Germi: "The variations I've composed on the graceful Neapolitan ditty, 'Oh Mamma, Mama Cara,' outshine everything. I can't describe it!" He was writing from Karlsruhe, in the midst of his triumphal tour through Germany. That letter marks the earliest known mention of the variations that would become famous as "The Carnival of Venice." At the time of his letter, Paganini had already performed the piece in at least four concerts. From then on, it would be one of his most popular compositions. Niccolo Paganini venice writing friendship If I could live in one city and do every single thing I do there, I would choose Venice. You can't turn your head without seeing something amazing. Nile Rodgers venice turns cities He liked the fact that Venice had no cars. It made the city human. The streets were like veins, he thought, and the people were the blood, circulating everywhere. Patricia Highsmith venice cities blood If anything can rival Venice in its beauty, it must be its reflection at sunset in the Grand Canal. Peggy Guggenheim venice sunset reflection Venice is not only a city of fantasy and freedom. It is also a city of joy and pleasure. Peggy Guggenheim venice cities joy Prague is like a vertical Venice steps everywhere. Penelope Gilliatt prague venice steps To my mind, Death in Venice represents an enormous advance in Mann's literary development, not simply for the commonly appreciated reason that he crafted a superbly supple and elegant style, apparently well suited to the kind of prose Aschenbach is supposed to write. Philip Kitcher venice style writing Part of my methodological approach is made explicit when I discuss ways in which literature can have philosophical significance. Literature doesn't typically argue - and when it does, it's deadly dull. But literature can supply the frame within which we come to observe and reason, or it can change our frame in highly significant ways. That's one of the achievements I'd claim for Mann, and for Death in Venice. Philip Kitcher venice philosophical achievement Using the Adagietto of Mahler's Fifth is one of the touches of pure genius in Visconti's film (even though Mahlerians complain very loudly that the piece has been ruined), since it corresponds perfectly to Aschenbach's yearnings and to his circling walks around Venice. Philip Kitcher venice genius complaining Mann's Death in Venice actually contains a snippet of philosophy about the second question, when Aschenbach, collapsed in the plaza, engages in his quasi-Socratic, anti-Socratic, ruminations. Philip Kitcher venice rumination philosophy As I read Mann in German for the first time, the full achievement - both literary and philosophical - of Death in Venice struck me forcefully, so that, when I was invited to give the Schoff Lectures at Columbia, the opportunity to reflect on the contrasts between novella and opera seemed irresistible. Philip Kitcher venice philosophical opportunity First, my frame of reference for the Britten opera shifted. I'd always thought of Britten's approach in Death in Venice as another exploration of the plight of the individual whose aspirations are at odds with those of the surrounding community: his last opera returning to the themes of Peter Grimes. As I read and listened and thought, however, Billy Budd came to seem a more appropriate foil for Death in Venice. Philip Kitcher venice community odds The classical allusions and the Platonic disquisitions on beauty are no longer a form of cover, but integral to Aschenbach's complex sexuality. Moreover, the wandering around Venice in pursuit of Tadzio isn't a prelude to some sexual contact for which Aschenbach is yearning. Philip Kitcher venice wandering-around sexuality For about 150 days a year in Venice, the sun doesn't show through the mist until noon. Ray Bradbury venice noon years Here at this far lost end of the continent, where the trail wagons had stopped and the people with them. Ray Bradbury venice wagons people Venice was and is full of lost places where people put up for sale the last worn bits of their souls, hoping no one will buy. Ray Bradbury venice soul people By day, Venice is a city of museums and churches, packed with great art. Linger over lunch, trying to crack a crustacean with weird legs and antennae. At night, when the hordes of day-trippers have gone, another Venice appears. Dance across a floodlit square. Glide in a gondola through quiet canals while music echoes across the water. Pretend it's Carnevale time, don a mask - or just a fresh shirt - and become someone else for a night. Rick Steves venice night art Streets flooded. Please advise. Robert Benchley venice advise please I have an Italian comedy at the Venice Film Festival. Robert Englund venice festivals italian «12345678»
