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Author - Octavio Paz
Quotes by : Octavio Paz
poetry
This is perhaps the most noble aim of poetry, to attach ourselves to the world around us, to turn desire....
language
At first I couldn't see anything. I fumbled along the cobblestone street. I lit a cigarette. Suddenly....
War
The American War of Independence is the expulsion of the intrusive elements, alien to the American essence.....
individuality
When we learn to speak, we learn to translate.
Risks
Poetry is the experience of liberty. The poet risks himself, chances all on the poem's all with each....
Question
Any reflection about poetry should begin, or end, with this question: who and how many read poetry books?....
life
Death and birth are solitary experiences. We are born alone and we die alone. When we are expelled from....
mexico
Mineral cactai,quicksilver lizards in the adobe walls,the bird that punctures space,thirst, tedium, clouds....
solitude
After chopping off all the arms that reached out to me; after boarding up all the windows and doors;....
Morality
Poetry, whatever the manifest content of the poem, is always a violation of the rationalism and morality....
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