"Le spectacle est le mauvais rêve de la société moderne enchaînée, qui n'exprime finalement que son désir de dormir." da La Société du spectacle, 1967.

(Guy-Ernest Debord, filosofo, sociologo, scrittore e cineasta; Parigi, 28 dicembre 1931 – Bellevue-la-Montagne, 30 novembre 1994)

 

"Il palcoscenico, la ribalta, il pubblico: questa triade formava ora tutta la mia vita. Non mi restava tempo che per ben poco altro."

(Beniamino Gigli, tenore e attore; Recanati, 20 marzo 1890 – Roma, 30 novembre 1957)

Donne e salamandra, 1928, collezione privata.

(Fausto Calogero Pirandello; Roma, 17 giugno 1899 – Roma, 30 novembre 1975)

 

"It was this old English thing that only foreigners have sex appeal. They’d forgotten me by that time, you see, they’d forgotten that I was supposed to be the sexy girl in the movies." a proposito di quando presero Simone Signret al posto suo per Room at the Top nel 1959.

(Jean Kent, pseudonimo di Joan Mildred Summerfield, attrice; Brixton, 29 giugno 1921 – Bury St Edmunds, 30 novembre 2013)

"Acting is truly a glorious and noble profession. When anyone can give other people a few hours of escape or enchantment away from the ills of the world and their own personal lives, that's a very worthwhile occupation."

(Jean Parker, pseudonimo di Lois May Green, attrice; Deer Lodge, 11 agosto 1915 – Los Angeles, 30 novembre 2005)

 

"I'm passionate about animals and I hunt too. It's like I save and I kill. I'm a walking, talking contradiction. I'm all about preserving the environment but I'm racing cars on the weekend. I tell everyone I'm a gun-loving hippy."

(Paul Walker, nome completo Paul William Walker IV, attore e produttore cinematografico; Glendale, 12 settembre 1973 – Santa Clarita, 30 novembre 2013)

 

"I do not like broccoli and I haven’t liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it. And I’m President of the United States and I’m not going to eat any more broccoli. Now look, this is the last statement I’m going to have on broccoli. There are truckloads of broccoli at this very minute descending on Washington. My family is divided. For the broccoli vote out there: Barbara loves broccoli. She has tried to make me eat it. She eats it all the time herself. So she can go out and meet the caravan of broccoli that’s coming in." da una conferenza del 22 marzo 1990.

(George Herbert Walker Bush, 41º presidente degli Stati Uniti d'America dal 1989 al 1993; Milton, 12 giugno 1924 – Houston, 30 novembre 2018)

Coppia innamorata, 1924, 104x72,5 cm.

(Francis Picabia; Parigi, 22 gennaio 1879 – Parigi, 30 novembre 1953)

"Any good movie is filled with secrets. If a director doesn't leave anything unsaid, it's a lousy picture. If a picture's unsaid, it's a lousy picture. If a picture is good, it's mysterious, with things unsaid."

(Ernst Lubitsch, regista, sceneggiatore, produttore; Berlino, 28 gennaio 1892 – Los Angeles, 30 novembre 1947)

“Either this wallpaper goes or I do”. Ultime parole, nella brutta camera in
in Rue des Beaux-Arts 13 a Parigi in cui s'era ridotto a vivere.

(Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde, noto come Oscar Wilde, scrittore, poeta, drammaturgo, dandy; Dublino, 16 ottobre 1854 – Parigi, 30 novembre 1900)