“I consider myself more exportant than important.”

— Vanna Bonta

Shades of the World, by Vanna Bonta; quoted in American Chronicle. Vanna Bonta interview, Inventors Digest: New Meaning To Beautiful http://archive.is/20120718091208/www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/101039 May 02, 2009

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Italian-American writer, poet, inventor, actress, voice art… 1958–2014

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