The Patriarch of Venice

Restoration

The word to restore comes, according to the most accredited Italian etymology, from the word “instaurare”, (to reinstate, to re-establish), which contains the idea of “reestablishing through innovation beyond the past”.
To restore is therefore a complex creative activity: an art, meaning this word in full.
Furthermore industrial restoration requires the cooperation of many, on a sole project that needs to be inventive, cohesive and multifaceted at the same time.
It also requires a dual attitude: one of respect for the past and one with an innovative outlook headed for the future.
To restore is like listening carefully to history, to perceive the perfect pace expected for today and for tomorrow. The creative freedom of men and reality as a whole, extraordinarily come together in the work of restoration...

Angelo Scola