7 Quotes From Author Umberto Eco On Why People Love Lists

In this interview about his upcoming exhibition at the Louvre, the renowned Italian author discusses how lists have always been an important part of history and culture.

"The list is the origin of culture. It's part of the history of art and literature. What does culture want? To make infinity comprehensible. It also wants to create order."

"The list is the origin of culture. It's part of the history of art and literature. What does culture want? To make infinity comprehensible. It also wants to create order."

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"The list doesn't destroy culture; it creates it. Wherever you look in cultural history, you will find lists."

"The list doesn't destroy culture; it creates it. Wherever you look in cultural history, you will find lists."

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"In "Ulysses," James Joyce describes how his protagonist, Leopold Bloom, opens his drawers and all the things he finds in them. I see this as a literary list, and it says a lot about Bloom."

"In "Ulysses," James Joyce describes how his protagonist, Leopold Bloom, opens his drawers and all the things he finds in them. I see this as a literary list, and it says a lot about Bloom."

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"At first, we think that a list is primitive and typical of very early cultures... But, in cultural history, the list has prevailed over and over again. It is by no means merely an expression of primitive cultures."

"At first, we think that a list is primitive and typical of very early cultures... But, in cultural history, the list has prevailed over and over again. It is by no means merely an expression of primitive cultures."

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