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Octavio Paz Quotes

Octavio Paz quotes

Mexican Poet March 31, 1914 – April 19, 1998

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Octavio Paz quote: "Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man..."
Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone. Octavio Paz
Octavio Paz quote: "We are condemned to kill time, thus we die bit by bit."
We are condemned to kill time, thus we die bit by bit. Octavio Paz
No one behind, no one ahead. The path the ancients cleared has closed. And the other path, everyone's path, easy and wide, goes nowhere. I am alone and find my way. Octavio Paz
Octavio Paz quote: "To read a poem is to hear it with our eyes; to hear it is to..."
To read a poem is to hear it with our eyes; to hear it is to see it with our ears. Octavio Paz
Octavio Paz quote: "Self-discovery is above all the realization that we are alone."
Self-discovery is above all the realization that we are alone. Octavio Paz
I don't believe that there are dangerous writers: the danger of certain books is not in the books themselves but in the passions of their readers. Octavio Paz
Octavio Paz quote: "Deserve your dream."
Deserve your dream. Octavio Paz
He is astonished at the fact of his being, and this astonishment leads to reflection: as he leans over the river of his consciousness, he asks himself if the face that appears there, disfigured by the water, is his own. The singularity of his being, which is pure sensation in children, becomes a problem and a question Octavio Paz
Octavio Paz quote: "What distinguishes modern art from the art of other ages is..."
What distinguishes modern art from the art of other ages is criticism. Octavio Paz
Mineral cactai, quicksilver lizards in the adobe walls, the bird that punctures space, thirst, tedium, clouds of dust, impalpable epiphanies of wind. The pines taught me to talk to myself. In that garden I learnedto send myself off. Later there were no gardens. Octavio Paz
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
Octavio Paz quote: "Without democracy freedom is a chimera"
Without democracy freedom is a chimera Octavio Paz
Octavio Paz quote: "When we learn to speak, we learn to translate."
When we learn to speak, we learn to translate. Octavio Paz
Octavio Paz quote: "Beyond myself, somewhere, I wait for my arrival."
Beyond myself, somewhere, I wait for my arrival. Octavio Paz
Man does not speak because he thinks; he thinks because he speaks. Or rather, speaking is no different than thinking: to speak is to think. Octavio Paz

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