• What Romantic terminology called genius or talent or inspiration is nothing other than finding the right road empirically, following one's nose, taking shortcuts.

  Italo Calvino
  Italian writer 1923-1985
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. terminology
2. inspiration
3. empirically
4. following
5. shortcuts
6. right

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What Romantic terminology called genius or talent or inspiration is nothing other than finding the right road empirically, following one's nose, taking shortcuts. by : Italo Calvino

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