But Italy is not an intellectual country. On the subway in Tokyo every…

Umberto Eco
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But Italy is not an intellectual country. On the subway in Tokyo everybody reads. In Italy, they don't. Don't evaluate Italy from the fact that it produced Raphael and Michelangelo. ✨ Umberto Eco: 'People are tired of simple things. They want to be challenged'. Interview with Stephen Moss, www.theguardian.com. November 27, 2011.
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