Quotes by Paz, Octavio

If we are a metaphor of the universe, the human couple is the metaphor >>

Today we all speak, if not the same tongue, the same universal languag >>

Literature is the expression of a feeling of deprivation, a recourse a >>

Quotations about Arts and Artists

The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist >>

The True Artist has the planet for his pedestal; the adventurer, after >>

There is the falsely mystical view of art that assumes a kind of super >>

What distinguishes modern art from the art of other ages is criticism.

Paz, Octavio