William Dean Howells Quotes

...the tourist Venice is Venice.

I live on the ground floor, so I have these lacy curtains during the day and then as soon as it gets dark, I'm like, 'Blackout blinds! Shutters!' I like being more private.

As far as cities, one of my favorite stops every year is Rome I think it's super fun to play there, because the tournament is really cool and the fans are super engaged, but also you get to walk around going to dinner, and the history - it's truly one of the most amazing cities in the world. I love it.

The building I most admire is the Doges Palace in Venice, both by day and by night. Looking at it from the lagoon, it resembles a floating kilim carpet. I love all the bridges which connect houses, people, gardens and palaces. I also love moats to isolate yourself. A ha-ha for secrecy, as in every English country garden.

Venice is the prettiest city I've ever seen. It looks like a Disneyland ride.

Nature and society are so replete with startling contrasts that wit often consists in the mere statement and comparison of facts, as when Hume says that the ancient Muscovites wedded their wives with a whip instead of a ring.

This grossly advertised wonder [Venice], this gold idol with clay feet, this trompe-l'oeil, this painted deception, this cliche-what intelligent iconoclast could fail to experience a destructive impulse in her presence?

Venice is all sea and sculpture.

If you sing a song of peace with enough gestures and grimaces, it becomes a war song.

My work is not so much a direct commentary as it is an open-ended observation of the absurdities around us.

We want you to visit our State of Excitement often. Come again and again. But for heaven's sake, don't move here to live. Or if you do have to move in to live, don't tell any of your neighbors where you are going.

And when an architect has designed a house with large windows, which is a necessity today in order to pull the daylight into these very deep houses, then curtains come to play a big role in architecture.

I have always found humor in places where humor wasn't necessarily intended.

Croatia is an amazing place.

It's so easy for me to get caught up in the feeling of a city like Venice, where everything is just beautiful color and gorgeous buildings that are so peaceful. You can roam around and get lost in the labyrinth.

My mom was scared of the old Times Square so I was never allowed to go. Now I'm scared of the new Times Square, so I still never go.

Charleston has something for everyone, rain or shine. Its architecture is unparalleled. Carriage rides are great for seeing the city and hearing the history behind certain houses and the area.

I'm most interested in finding the strangeness and irony in reality. That's my forte.

My wife is French, and so I get to see America through her eyes, which informs a lot of little moments. It means I can poke fun at very particular things about us.

Funny people, these Germans. To them I am a stinking flower, yet they make me into a boutonniere time and time.

One of the best ways to keep a great secret is to shout it.

Both for Havana's beauty and decay, it's very hard to restrain yourself from staring everywhere you look.

I like Mysuru Palace, which is always a great place to visit.

Most municipalities grow up around commerce; there's a harbor, or the train stops there. Venice, CA was founded for fun.

Milan is marvellous, picturesque, and full of elegance.