I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore me for telling you lies.
Pietro AretinoI am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry themselves about style, and so cease to be themselves. Without a master, without a model, without a guide, I go to work and earn my living, my well-being and my fame.
Pietro Aretino