The catalogue of forms is endless: until every shape has found its city, new cities will continue to be born. When the forms exhaust their variety and come apart, the end of cities begins.
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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.
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| Birth: | 15th October, 1923 |
| Death: | 19th September, 1985 |
| Nationality: | Italian |
| Profession: | Journalist, Novelist, Writer |
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