Walt Whitman is the only great modern poet who does not seem to experience discord when he faces his world. Not even solitude - his monologue is a universal chorus. Octavio Paz chorusdiscordexperience Change image and share on social
If we are a metaphor of the universe, the human couple is the metaphor par excellence, the point of intersection of all forces and the seed of all forms. The couple is time recaptured, the return to the time before time. Octavio Paz coupleexcellenceforce share on social
The minority of Mexicans who are aware of their own selves do not make up a closed or unchanging class. They are the only active group, in comparison with the Indian-Spanish inertia of the rest, and ever day they are shaping the country more and more into their own image. Octavio Paz activeawareclass share on social
If contemporary artists sincerely seek to be original, unique, and new, they should begin by disregarding the notions of originality, individuality, and innovation: they are the cliches of our time. Octavio Paz artistbegincliche Change image and share on social
Poems - crystallizations of the universal play of analogy, transparent objects which, as they reproduce the mechanism and the rotary motion of analogy, are waterspouts of new analogies. Octavio Paz analogycrystallizationmechanism Change image and share on social
Surrealism is not a poetry but a poetics, and even more, and more decisively, a world vision. Octavio Paz decisivelypoeticpoetry Change image and share on social
Art for Duchamp, all the arts, obey the same law: meta-irony is inherent in their very spirit. It is an irony that destroys its own negation and, hence, returns in the affirmative. Octavio Paz affirmativeartdestroy Change image and share on social
Poetry is the experience of liberty. The poet risks himself, chances all on the poem's all with each verse he writes. Octavio Paz chanceexperienceliberty Change image and share on social
The American War of Independence is the expulsion of the intrusive elements, alien to the American essence. If American reality is the reinvention of itself, whatever is found in any way irreducible or unassimilable is not American. Octavio Paz alienamericanelement share on social
Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone. Octavio Paz conditionfacthuman Change image and share on social
