Hugo Pratt

“I am not a hero. I have never been. I am a gentleman of fortune. That is different.”

“When I want to relax, I read an essay by Engels. When I want to be engaged, I read Corto Maltese.”

“There are so many enchanted places in the world, but they are not always on maps.”

“The most beautiful journey is the one you have not yet made.”

“A comic is literature drawn.”

“I've always been lucky. I've been able to do in my life what I wanted to do: travel, read, draw.”

“The adventure is to live one's own life as if it were a novel.”

“There is no such thing as chance. Everything is a rendezvous.”

“If you want to know more about me, read my stories.”

“I am an author of drawn literature, this is my definition.”

“I like all starts, and I also like the start of the end.”

“My real university was the life I lived.”

“I don't invent anything, I just remember.”

“The past is full of surprises for those who do not know it.”

“To live an adventure you have to be able to get out of it... alive.”

“I have always sought to create a world where one could live better.”

“The beautiful thing about a journey is that it never ends.”

“Corto Maltese is a free man. A sailor who travels the world, who knows the history and geography.”

“Venice is a place that seduces you, that absorbs you.”

“We live in a fantastic world. The problem is that we do not use our fantasy.”