“The purity of the outlines, the softness of everything, saggy alternation of colors, the harmonious unity of the sky with the sea and the sea with the land … who saw them only once, will own them for life.”

“…and anyone who has once known this land can never be quite free from the nostalgia for it.”

“I do not envy God’s paradise because I am so satisfied to live in Sicily.”

“Sicily is the country of oranges, of the blossoming ground whose air, in Spring, is filled with fragrances… But what makes this land unique in the world and to be seen is the fact that from one side to the other, it can be defined a strange and divine museum of architecture.”

“The climate is delicate,
the air most sweet.
Fertile the isle,
the temple much surpassing
The common praise it bears.”

“Without Sicily, Italy creates no image in the soul. Here is the key to everything”