Top 117 Quotes by Umberto Eco

About Umberto Eco

These are some quotes by Italian author Umberto Eco Novelist, who lived between January 5, 1932 and February 19, 2016.

Libraries can take the place of God.

Libraries can take the place of God.

Umberto Eco

The question of manuscript changes is very important for literary criticism, the psychology of creation and other aspects of the study of literature.

The question of manuscript changes is very important for literary criticism, the psychology of creation and other aspects of the study of literature.

Umberto Eco

Narrativity presumes a special taste for plot. And this taste for plot was always very present in the Anglo-Saxon countries and that explains their high quality of detective novels.

Narrativity presumes a special taste for plot. And this taste for plot was always very present in the Anglo-Saxon countries and that explains their high quality of detective novels.

Umberto Eco

It is a myth of publishers that people want to read easy things.

It is a myth of publishers that people want to read easy things.

Umberto Eco

But now I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.

But now I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.

Umberto Eco

Certainly, light fiction exists and encompasses mysteries or second-class romance novels, books that are read on the beach, whose only aim is to entertain. These books are not concerned with style or creativity - instead they are successful because they are repetitive and follow a template that readers enjoy.

Umberto Eco

When men stop believing in God, it isn't that they then believe in nothing: they believe in everything.

When men stop believing in God, it isn't that they then believe in nothing: they believe in everything.

Umberto Eco

The French, the Italians, the Germans, the Spanish and the English have spent centuries killing each other.

The French, the Italians, the Germans, the Spanish and the English have spent centuries killing each other.

Umberto Eco

I have to admit that I only read 'War and Peace' when I was 40. But I knew the basics before then.

I have to admit that I only read 'War and Peace' when I was 40. But I knew the basics before then.

Umberto Eco

As a scholar I am interested in the philosophy of language, semiotics, call it what you want, and one of the main features of the human language is the possibility of lying.

As a scholar I am interested in the philosophy of language, semiotics, call it what you want, and one of the main features of the human language is the possibility of lying.

Umberto Eco

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