“the beauty of doing nothing”

“Il bel far niente means 'the beauty of doing nothing'... [it] has always been a cherished Italian ideal. The beauty of doing nothing is the goal of all your work, the final accomplishment for which you are most highly congratulated. The more exquisitely and delightfully you can do nothing, the higher your life's achievement. You don't necessarily need to be rich in order to experience this, either.”

“The sweetness of doing nothing.”

“The more exquisitely and delightfully you can do nothing, the higher your life's achievement.”

“The day is ending. It's time for something that was beautiful to turn into something else that is beautiful. Now, Let go.”

“Venice is beautiful, but like a Bergman movie is beautiful; you can admire it, but you don't really want to live in it.”

“library is a beautiful old thing”