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
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 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
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
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
Changes in our aesthetic tastes have no value or meaning in and of themselves; what has value and meaning is the idea of change itself. Or, better stated: not change in and of itself, but change as an agent or inspiration of modern creations. Octavio Paz aestheticagentchange share on social
For a man of my generation, our century has been a long intellectual and political struggle in favor of freedom. Octavio Paz centuryfavorfreedom Change image and share on social