We go along, without a fixed itinerary, yet at the same time with an end (what end?) in mind, and with the aim of reaching the end. A search for the end, a dread of the end: the obverse and the reverse of the same act. Octavio Paz actaimdread 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
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
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
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
