Quotes by Paz, Octavio

Man does not speak because he thinks; he thinks because he speaks. Or >>

Man, even man debased by the neocapitalism and pseudosocialism of our >>

Social criticism begins with grammar and the re-establishing of meanin >>

Quotations about Literature

Literature does not exist in a vacuum. Writers as such have a definite >>

It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature. >>

The decline in literature indicates a decline in the nation. The two k >>

Literature is the expression of a feeling of deprivation, a recourse against a sense of something missing. But the contrary is also true: language is what makes us human. It is a recourse against the meaningless noise and silence of nature and history.

Paz, Octavio