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Octavio Paz Quotes

Wit invents; inspiration reveals. The inventions of wit are conceits - metaphors and paradoxes - that discover the secret correspondences that unite beings and things among and with themselves; inspiration is condemned to dissipate its revelations - unless a form can be found to contain them Picture Quote #1

Picasso is what is going to happen and what is happening; he is posterity and archaic time, the distant ancestor and our next-door neighbor. Speed permits him to be two places at once, to belong to all the centuries without letting go of the here and now Picture Quote #1

The world stretches before me, the vast world of the big, the little, and the medium Picture Quote #1

Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two. A constant coming and going: wisdom lies in the momentary Picture Quote #1

It is the Revolution, the magical word, the word that is going to change everything, that is going to bring us immense delight and a quick death Picture Quote #1

The modern tradition is the tradition of revolt. The French Revolution is still our model today: history is violent change, and this change goes by the name of progress. I do not know whether these notions really apply to art Picture Quote #1

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When hypocrisy is a character trait, it also affects one’s thinking, because it consists in the negation of all the aspects of reality that one finds disagreeable, irrational or repugnant Picture Quote #1

One of the most notable traits of the Mexican’s character is his willingness to contemplate horror: he is even familiar and complacent in his dealings with it Picture Quote #1

The characteristic feature of modernity is criticism: what is new is set over and against what is old, and it is this constant contrast that constitutes the continuity of tradition Picture Quote #1

Yes, I am well aware that nature - or what we call nature: that totality of objects and processes that surrounds us and that alternately creates us and devours us - is neither our accomplice nor our confidant Picture Quote #1

In antiquity, a woman might be an object of worship or desire, but never of love Picture Quote #1

What sets worlds in motion is the interplay of differences, their attractions and repulsions; life is plurality, death is uniformity Picture Quote #1

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Human writing reflects that of the universe; it is its translation, but also its metaphor: it says something totally different, and it says the same thing Picture Quote #1

Man is alone everywhere. But the solitude of the Mexican, under the great stone night of the high plateau that is still inhabited by insatiable gods, is very different from that of the North American, who wanders in an abstract world of machines, fellow citizens and moral precepts Picture Quote #1

Self-discovery is above all the realization that we are alone: it is the opening of an impalpable, transparent wall - that of our consciousness - between the world and ourselves Picture Quote #1

We go along, without a fixed itinerary, yet at the same time with an end (what end?) in mind, and with the aim of reaching the end. A search for the end, a dread of the end: the obverse and the reverse of the same act Picture Quote #1

Technology is neutral and sterile. Now, technology is the nature of modern man; it is our environment and our horizon. Of course, every work of man is a negation of nature, but at the same time, it is a bridge between nature and us. Technology changes nature in a more radical and decisive manner: it throws it out Picture Quote #1

To the poet fated to be a poet, self-expression is as natural and as involuntary as breathing is to us ordinary mortals Picture Quote #1

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Even though the society that Marx foresaw is far from being an historical reality, Marxism has penetrated so deeply in history that we are all Marxists, one way or another, even unknowingly Picture Quote #1

The Mexican...is familiar with death. [He] jokes about it, caresses it, sleeps with it, celebrates it. It is one of his favorite toys and his most steadfast love Picture Quote #1

For a man of my generation, our century has been a long intellectual and political struggle in favor of freedom Picture Quote #1

Despite the often illusory nature of essays on the psychology of a nation, it seems to me there is something revealing in the insistence with which a people will question itself during certain periods of its growth Picture Quote #1

Deserve your dream Picture Quote #1

We are condemned to kill time, thus we die bit by bit Picture Quote #1

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What distinguishes modern art from the art of other ages is criticism Picture Quote #1

Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two Picture Quote #1

To fight evil is to fight ourselves Picture Quote #1

Art is what remains of religion: the dance above the yawning abyss Picture Quote #1

Eroticism is first and foremost a thirst for otherness. And the supernatural is the supreme otherness. This is perhaps the most noble aim of poetry, to attach ourselves to the world around us, to turn desire into love, to embrace, finally what always evades us, what is beyond, but what is always there – the unspoken, the spirit, the soul Picture Quote #1

I thought that the world was a vast system of signs, a conversation between giant beings. My actions, the cricket’s saw, the star’s blink, were nothing but pauses and syllables, scattered phrases from that dialogue. What word could it be, of which I was only a syllable? Who speaks the word? To whom is it spoken? Picture Quote #1

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Wit invents; inspiration reveals. The inventions of wit are conceits - metaphors and paradoxes - that discover the secret correspondences that unite beings and things among and with themselves; inspiration is condemned to dissipate its revelations - unless a form can be found to contain them. (Octavio Paz Quotes) Picasso is what is going to happen and what is happening; he is posterity and archaic time, the distant ancestor and our next-door neighbor. Speed permits him to be two places at once, to belong to all the centuries without letting go of the here and now. (Octavio Paz Quotes) The world stretches before me, the vast world of the big, the little, and the medium (Octavio Paz Quotes) Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two. A constant coming and going: wisdom lies in the momentary. (Octavio Paz Quotes) It is the Revolution, the magical word, the word that is going to change everything, that is going to bring us immense delight and a quick death. (Octavio Paz Quotes) The modern tradition is the tradition of revolt. The French Revolution is still our model today: history is violent change, and this change goes by the name of progress. I do not know whether these notions really apply to art. (Octavio Paz Quotes) When hypocrisy is a character trait, it also affects one’s thinking, because it consists in the negation of all the aspects of reality that one finds disagreeable, irrational or repugnant. (Octavio Paz Quotes) One of the most notable traits of the Mexican’s character is his willingness to contemplate horror: he is even familiar and complacent in his dealings with it. (Octavio Paz Quotes) The characteristic feature of modernity is criticism: what is new is set over and against what is old, and it is this constant contrast that constitutes the continuity of tradition. (Octavio Paz Quotes) Yes, I am well aware that nature - or what we call nature: that totality of objects and processes that surrounds us and that alternately creates us and devours us - is neither our accomplice nor our confidant. (Octavio Paz Quotes) In antiquity, a woman might be an object of worship or desire, but never of love (Octavio Paz Quotes) What sets worlds in motion is the interplay of differences, their attractions and repulsions; life is plurality, death is uniformity. (Octavio Paz Quotes) Human writing reflects that of the universe; it is its translation, but also its metaphor: it says something totally different, and it says the same thing. (Octavio Paz Quotes) Man is alone everywhere. But the solitude of the Mexican, under the great stone night of the high plateau that is still inhabited by insatiable gods, is very different from that of the North American, who wanders in an abstract world of machines, fellow citizens and moral precepts. (Octavio Paz Quotes) Self-discovery is above all the realization that we are alone: it is the opening of an impalpable, transparent wall - that of our consciousness - between the world and ourselves. (Octavio Paz Quotes) We go along, without a fixed itinerary, yet at the same time with an end (what end?) in mind, and with the aim of reaching the end. A search for the end, a dread of the end: the obverse and the reverse of the same act. (Octavio Paz Quotes) Technology is neutral and sterile. Now, technology is the nature of modern man; it is our environment and our horizon. Of course, every work of man is a negation of nature, but at the same time, it is a bridge between nature and us. Technology changes nature in a more radical and decisive manner: it throws it out. (Octavio Paz Quotes) To the poet fated to be a poet, self-expression is as natural and as involuntary as breathing is to us ordinary mortals. (Octavio Paz Quotes) Even though the society that Marx foresaw is far from being an historical reality, Marxism has penetrated so deeply in history that we are all Marxists, one way or another, even unknowingly. (Octavio Paz Quotes) The Mexican...is familiar with death. [He] jokes about it, caresses it, sleeps with it, celebrates it. It is one of his favorite toys and his most steadfast love. (Octavio Paz Quotes) For a man of my generation, our century has been a long intellectual and political struggle in favor of freedom. (Octavio Paz Quotes) Despite the often illusory nature of essays on the psychology of a nation, it seems to me there is something revealing in the insistence with which a people will question itself during certain periods of its growth. (Octavio Paz Quotes) Deserve your dream (Octavio Paz Quotes) We are condemned to kill time, thus we die bit by bit (Octavio Paz Quotes) What distinguishes modern art from the art of other ages is criticism (Octavio Paz Quotes) Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two (Octavio Paz Quotes) To fight evil is to fight ourselves (Octavio Paz Quotes) Art is what remains of religion: the dance above the yawning abyss (Octavio Paz Quotes) Eroticism is first and foremost a thirst for otherness. And the supernatural is the supreme otherness. This is perhaps the most noble aim of poetry, to attach ourselves to the world around us, to turn desire into love, to embrace, finally what always evades us, what is beyond, but what is always there – the unspoken, the spirit, the soul (Octavio Paz Quotes) I thought that the world was a vast system of signs, a conversation between giant beings. My actions, the cricket’s saw, the star’s blink, were nothing but pauses and syllables, scattered phrases from that dialogue. What word could it be, of which I was only a syllable? Who speaks the word? To whom is it spoken? (Octavio Paz Quotes)

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