I Was At The Royal Art School. That Was A Preparatory School Specially For Art Teachers. You See, It Was Not So Much For The Development Of Artists. But We Had There Terribly Stiff Training.
When We Were In The Seminary We Got A Stipend Direct From The Government And For That Stipend We Had An Obligation To Stick To Our Teaching Job For Five Years.
It Was My Family That Wanted Me To Be A Teacher. That Was Safe, You See. To Be A Painter Was Terrible.
In Italy The Artist Is A God. Now If The Artist Is A God, The Scientist Is Likewise A God.
My Father's Parents Were Carpenters. They Were Also Builders Partly. They Were Painters. And Several Of Them Were Very, Active In The Theatre And All Such Nonsense, You Know.