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Salvatore Quasimodo Quotes

Salvatore Quasimodo quotes

Italian Author August 20, 1901 – June 14, 1968

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In opposition to this detachment, he finds an image of man which contains within itself man's dreams, man's illness, man's redemption from the misery of poverty - poverty which can no longer be for him a sign of the acceptance of life. Salvatore Quasimodo
Salvatore Quasimodo quote: "My readers at that time were still men of letters; but there..."
My readers at that time were still men of letters; but there had to be other people waiting to read my poems. Salvatore Quasimodo
Salvatore Quasimodo quote: "War, I have always said, forces men to change their standards,..."
War, I have always said, forces men to change their standards, regardless of whether their country has won or lost. Salvatore Quasimodo
Thus, the poet's word is beginning to strike forcefully upon the hearts of all men, while absolute men of letters think that they alone live in the real world. Salvatore Quasimodo
The poet does not fear death, not because he believes in the fantasy of heroes, but because death constantly visits his thoughts and is thus an image of a serene dialogue. Salvatore Quasimodo
Salvatore Quasimodo quote: "Poetry is also the physical self of the poet, and it is..."
Poetry is also the physical self of the poet, and it is impossible to separate the poet from his poetry. Salvatore Quasimodo
Salvatore Quasimodo quote: "After the turbulence of death, moral principles and even..."
After the turbulence of death, moral principles and even religious proofs are called into question. Salvatore Quasimodo
Poetry is the revelation of a feeling that the poet believes to be interior and personal which the reader recognizes as his own. Salvatore Quasimodo
Religious power, which, as I have already said, frequently identifies itself with political power, has always been a protagonist of this bitter struggle, even when it seemingly was neutral. Salvatore Quasimodo
He passes from lyric to epic poetry in order to speak about the world and the torment in the world through man, rationally and emotionally. The poet then becomes a danger. Salvatore Quasimodo
From the night, his solitude, the poet finds day and starts a diary that is lethal to the inert. The dark landscape yields a dialogue. Salvatore Quasimodo
Salvatore Quasimodo quote: "We wrote verses that condemned us, with no hope of pardon, to..."
We wrote verses that condemned us, with no hope of pardon, to the most bitter solitude. Salvatore Quasimodo
Salvatore Quasimodo quote: "The poet's spoken discourse often depends on a mystique, on..."
The poet's spoken discourse often depends on a mystique, on the spiritual freedom that finds itself enslaved on earth. Salvatore Quasimodo
An exact poetic duplication of a man is for the poet a negation of the earth, an impossibility of being, even though his greatest desire is to speak to many men, to unite with them by means of harmonious verses about the truths of the mind or of things. Salvatore Quasimodo
Religious poetry, civic poetry, lyric or dramatic poetry are all categories of man's expression which are valid only if the endorsement of formal content is valid. Salvatore Quasimodo

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