There is also poetry written to be shouted in a square in front of an enthusiastic crowd. This occurs especially in countries where authoritarian regimes are in power. Eugenio Montale authoritariancountrycrowd Change image and share on social
Happiness, for you we walk on a knife edge. To the eyes you are a flickering light, to the feet, thin ice that cracks; and so may no one touch you who loves you. Eugenio Montale crackedgeeye Change image and share on social
Many of today's verses are prose and bad prose. Eugenio Montale badprosetoday Change image and share on social
Today not even a universal fire could make the torrential poetic production of our time disappear. But it is exactly a question of production, that is, of hand-made products which are subject to the laws of taste and fashion. Eugenio Montale disappearfashionfire share on social
The poet does not know - often he will never know - whom he really writes for. Eugenio Montale poetwrite Change image and share on social
Strangely, Dante's Divine Comedy did not produce a prose of that creative height or it did so after centuries. Eugenio Montale centurycomedycreative Change image and share on social
Poetry is the art which is technically within the grasp of everyone: a piece of paper and a pencil and one is ready. Eugenio Montale artgrasppaper Change image and share on social
Slowly poetry becomes visual because it paints images, but it is also musical: it unites two arts into one. Eugenio Montale artimagemusical Change image and share on social
In reality art is always for everyone and for no one. Eugenio Montale artreality Change image and share on social
However, poetry does not live solely in books or in school anthologies. Eugenio Montale anthologybooklive Change image and share on social
