“I love the night, because it is at night that the best ideas are born.”
Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer
Original: Amo la notte, perché è di notte che nascono le idee migliori.
Source: prevale.net
“Men born in hot countries love the night because it refreshes them and have a horror of light because it burns them; and therefore they are of the colour of night, that is black. And in cold countries it is just the contrary.”
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), XVII Topographical Notes
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