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
Man, it seems to me, is not in history: he is history. Octavio Paz historyman 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
No one is alone, and each change here brings about another change there. Octavio Paz bringchange Change image and share on social
In each verse, a decision awaits us, and we can't choose to close our eyes and let instinct work on its own. Poetic instinct consists of an alert tension. Octavio Paz alertawaitchoose Change image and share on social
One of the most notable traits of the Mexican's character is his willingness to contemplate horror: he is even familiar and complacent in his dealings with it. Octavio Paz charactercomplacentcontemplate Change image and share on social
In the United States, man does not feel that he has been torn from the center of creation and suspended between hostile forces. He has built his own world, and it is built in his own image: it is his mirror. But now he cannot recognize himself in his inhuman objects, nor in his fellows. Octavio Paz buildcentercreation share on social
Writers, you know, are the beggars of Western society. Octavio Paz beggarsocietywestern Change image and share on social
All of us, at some moment, have had a vision of our existence as something unique, untransferable and very precious. This revelation almost always takes place during adolescence. Octavio Paz adolescenceexistencemoment Change image and share on social
To read a poem is to hear it with our eyes; to hear it is to see it with our ears. Octavio Paz eareyehear Change image and share on social
