525 Quotes About Italian

Put yourself in the position of an up-and-coming artist living in early-sixteenth-century Italy. Now imagine trying to distinguish yourself from the other artists living in your town: Michelangelo, Raphael, Leonardo, or Titian. Is it any wonder that the Italian High Renaissance lasted only 30 years?

He has always been a real straight shooting type of old school Italian guy.

A whole new world of Italian music was springing up, and [Giuseppe] Verdi was seen as old. Boito got Verdi all excited about the possibility of doing another opera, another kind of opera. In fact, Verdi composed his two best operas, Otello and Falstaff, in his eighties.

There are lots of wonderful old Italian actors. You don't need to take an Egyptian to play an Italian actor.

You try to come up with new ideas, but in the end, people just want to eat Italian food.

I love cooking. I like to make lasagna - its authentic Italian-style. I also do a great chicken recipe for a barbecue.

I am fluent in Spanish and I understand French, Italian and Portuguese.

I'm half-Italian and half-Polish. So I'm always putting a hit out on myself.

I'm a bit old-fashioned. I like the idea of going to the cinema and then an Italian restaurant.