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
Our judgment and moral categories, our idea of the future, our opinions about the present or about justice, peace, or war, everything, without excluding our rejections of Marxism, is impregnated with Marxism. Octavio Paz categoryexcludefuture share on social
In the works of Duchamp, space begins to walk and take on form; it becomes a machine that spins arguments and philosophizes; it resists movement with delay and delay with irony. Octavio Paz argumentbegindelay Change image and share on social
Futurists wanted to suggest movement by means of a dynamic painting; Duchamp applies the notion of delay - or, rather, or analysis - to movement. Octavio Paz analysisapplydelay Change image and share on social
Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers... What we call art is a game. Octavio Paz aestheticartcall Change image and share on social
The truth is that the history of Mexico is a history in the image of its geography: abrupt and tortuous. Each historical period is like a plateau surrounded by tall mountains and separated from the other plateaus by precipices and divides. Octavio Paz abruptdividegeography share on social
Any reflection about poetry should begin, or end, with this question: who and how many read poetry books? Octavio Paz beginbookend Change image and share on social
The Mexican succumbs very easily to sentimental effusions, and therefore he shuns them. Octavio Paz easilyeffusionmexican Change image and share on social
In order for sensation to accede to the objectivity of things, it must itself be changed into a thing. The agent of change is language: the sensations are turned into verbal objects. Octavio Paz accedeagentchange Change image and share on social
