Quotes by Paz, Octavio

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

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

Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic betw >>

Quotations about Relationships

We are never more discontented with others than when we are discontent >>

Constant togetherness is fine -- but only for Siamese twins. >>

The thing that's between us is fascination, and the fascination reside >>

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.

Paz, Octavio