Frances Mayes Quotes

I think I went to Italy initially for the art, architecture, food and history, but I stayed there because of the people in Cortona.

I miss Italy; that's beyond doubt.

Italy is not a country for beginners.

Certainly, in Italy, nobody takes light for granted.

I think I feel automatically at home in Italy.

I love Italy and I say I am from Italy wherever I go.

Italy is a great country, one of the most beautiful in the world, but I've always gone my own way.

Things are very good at Inter. I love the club and also the Italian people and the Italian culture. It suits me.

I never really liked Italy. 'Lots of cement' is my long-standing quote.

Italy has changed. But Rome is Rome.

I love to travel the world. My husband and I always travel and everywhere we go I've been to Italy, of course London, Ireland, and you just receive so much love.

I love places that have an incredible history. I love the Italian way of life. I love the food. I love the people. I love the attitudes of Italians.

I'd rather not have an address in France but an address in Italy because I love the country.

I have spent a lot of time in Italy throughout my career - especially when I was karting, because it's kind of the world centre of that sport - and I love it.

I'm Italian.

I love Italy. This is the country that made me famous, and I would love to stay in Serie A.

I really like Italy. I am good there and they treat me good.

Italy was where the soul went to find calm and love, and I wanted to hold the best of it in the palm of my hand.

Those have not lived who have not seen Rome.

If I spoke Italian, I'd be in Italy in a minute. I love the food, I love the way people live there. I mean, it really is my idea of paradise.

I like the world, but I feel very, very Italian. I love the small parts of my country: Tuscany, Capri in the winter. I don't like big towns.

Italy will never be a normal country. Because Italy is Italy. If we were a normal country, we wouldn't have Rome. We wouldn't have Florence. We wouldn't have the marvel that is Venice.

I was married to an Italian, and my son was born there. I've got lots of connections there, and I lived in the north, in the country about an hour outside of Milan, for quite a few years. I speak fluent Italian.

I really love traveling to Japan.

I just love Rome. It really does cast a spell on you.