“Men, whatever their species, are predictable in their needs. ~ Isadora Conti”

“Lust is a tool, desire a trap. Wield the first, and you can take someone’s soul. Fall into the second, and they can take yours. ~ Isadora Conti to Grayson van Court”

“HELEN HAYES: “Which part of The Divine Comedy do you like the most, Tiziano?”TIZIANO CONTI: “The fifth Canto.”HELEN HAYES: “The Hell, huh?”TIZIANO CONTI: “L’inferno depicts the truth.”

“Wars, for us, are either inevitable, or created. Whatever they are, they should not wholly vitiate art. What art needs is greater men, and what politics needs is better men.(Something About a Soldier (1940))”

“What we call patriotism, in other words, is a calculable force which, released by a predictable situation, will animate man in a manner no different from other territorial species.”

“AMOS CONTI'S PRECEPTDon't try too hard to be cool. It always shows, and that's uncool.”