4836. We have no Chelsea here in
Rome as you do in New York. So we have no pot to cook our art in. I was pleased
when they chose my Termini building for this exhibit.
4837. This building is a city in
itself and you could put ten Chelsea's in it with room to spare. If I were
still alive it would only be a short while and then by decree you would see
something really important happening here in Termini. This is what Rome needs;
Rome needs a Chelsea more than anything."
4838. Here he stopped and looked at
me as if he wondered what I thought of his idea, and when I didn't respond he
continued.
4839. " You know, I've heard
that Chelsea is becoming just shops and boutiques now, like So Ho, or the Spanish
Steps. You think that nothing will happen here, that we Italians cannot get
anything done, it takes a dictator..." all of a sudden he stopped again
and looked distractedly away into the distance.
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