I am a free man, I do not need to copy Petrarch or Boccacci… - Pietro Aretino

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I am a free man, I do not need to copy Petrarch 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, without artifice, I go to work and earn my living, my well-being, and my fame. What do I need more? With a goose quill and a few sheets of paper I mock the universe.

Pietro Aretino

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Pietro Aretino (20 April 1492 – 21 October 1556) was an Italian author, playwright, poet and satirist.

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Alternative Names: Piero Aretino • Pietro del Tura • Arétin • Aretin • Partenio Etiro

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