Gian Lorenzo Bernini quotes

Let no one speak to me of anything small.

Qu'on ne me parle de rien qui soit petit.

I have seen, Sire, the palaces of the emperors and the popes, and those of the sovereign princes along the road from Rome to Paris. But for a king of France, a king of today, greater and more magnificent things must be made than any of them.

J'ai vu, Sire, … les palais des empereurs et des papes, ceux des princes souverains qui se sont trouvés sur la route de Rome à Paris, mais il faut faire pour un roi de France, un roi d'aujourd'hui, de plus grandes et magnifiques choses que tout cela.

I am stealing.

Sto rubando.

I have a great enemy in Paris, a very great enemy. It is the idea people here have of me.

Io ho un gran nemico a Parigi, ma un gran nemico … Il concetto che loro hanno di me.

One ought to stop working at a certain age, because all men go into decline.

Il faudrait cesser de travailler … dans un certain âge; car tous les hommes vont déclinant.

Signor Poussin is a painter who works from up there.

Il signor Poussin é un pittore che lavora di là

It was only right that this arm should rest a little before my death, having worked so hard in life.

bene era dovere, che questo braccio si riposasse alquanto prima della mia morte, avendo egli tanto fatigato in vita