I remember that - you know, I didn't receive a formal education. I was educated in the Montevideo cafe, in the cafes of Montevideo. There, I received my first lessons in the art of telling stories, storytelling. Eduardo Galeano artcafeeducate share on social
Disasters are called natural, as if nature were the executioner and not the victim. Eduardo Galeano calldisasterexecutioner Change image and share on social
I'm a writer obsessed with remembering: with remembering the past of America above all - and above all, that of Latin America, intimate land condemned to forgetfulness. Eduardo Galeano americacondemnforgetfulness Change image and share on social
I'm attracted to soccer's capacity for beauty. When well played, the game is a dance with a ball. Eduardo Galeano attractballbeauty Change image and share on social
My language is a feel-thinking language, feeling and thinking at once, that is why it is a celebration of life, and at once it is a denunciation of everything that is not allowed in life to be real life, it's plenitude. Eduardo Galeano allowcelebrationdenunciation share on social
Every two weeks, a language dies. The world is diminished when it loses its human sayings, just as when it loses its diversity of plants and beasts. Eduardo Galeano beastdiminishdiversity Change image and share on social
The manager believes soccer is a science and the field a laboratory, but the genius of Einstein and the subtlety of Freud is not enough for the owners and the fans. They want a miracle worker like Our Lady of Lourdes, with the stamina of Gandhi. Eduardo Galeano believeeinsteinfan share on social
I think the purpose of the writer is to help us see. The writer is someone who can perhaps have the joy of helping others see. Eduardo Galeano helpjoypurpose Change image and share on social
The more the technocrats programme it down to the smallest detail, the more the powerful manipulate it, football continues to be the art of the unforeseeable. When you least expect it, the impossible occurs: the dwarf teaches the giant a lesson, and a scraggy, bow-legged black man makes an athlete sculpted in Greece look ridiculous. Eduardo Galeano artathleteblack share on social
Each time a new war is disclosed in the name of the fight of the good against evil, those who are killed are all poor. It's always the same story repeating once and again and again. Eduardo Galeano discloseevilfight Change image and share on social