For the Chinese, the Greeks, the Mayans, or the Egyptians, nature was a living totality, a creative being. For this reason, art, according to Aristotle, is imitation; the poet imitates the creative gesture of nature. Octavio Paz aristotleartchinese share on social
In antiquity, a woman might be an object of worship or desire, but never of love. Octavio Paz antiquitydesirelove Change image and share on social
Picasso is what is going to happen and what is happening; he is posterity and archaic time, the distant ancestor and our next-door neighbor. Speed permits him to be two places at once, to belong to all the centuries without letting go of the here and now. Octavio Paz ancestorarchaicbelong 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
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
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
Fixity is always momentary. But how can it always be so? If it were, it would not be momentary - or would not be fixity. Octavio Paz fixitymomentary Change image and share on social
Man does not speak because he thinks; he thinks because he speaks. Or rather, speaking is no different than thinking: to speak is to think. Octavio Paz manspeakthink Change image and share on social
To be a great painter means to be a great poet: someone who transcends the limits of his language. Octavio Paz greatlanguagelimit Change image and share on social
