"Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers... What we call art is a game."
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Quotes by Octavio Paz
Octavio Paz, born on March 31, 1914, in Mexico City, was a celebrated poet, essayist, and diplomat whose profound insights into love, solitude, and Mexican identity earned him the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1990. With works like "The Labyrinth of Solitude," Paz explored the complexities of the human experience and the cultural tapestry of his homeland. His legacy as a literary giant continues to inspire generations, reflecting a deep understanding of both personal and universal themes that resonate across time and borders.
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"Poetry is the experience of liberty. The poet risks himself, chances all on the poem's all with each verse he writes."
Octavio Paz
"I think we all have our own personality, unique and distinctive, and at the same time, I think that our own unique and distinctive personality blends with the wind, with the footsteps in the street, with the noises around the corner, and with the silence of memory, which is the great producer of ghosts."
Octavio Paz
"Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two. A constant coming and going: wisdom lies in the momentary."
Octavio Paz
"Surrealism is not a poetry but a poetics, and even more, and more decisively, a world vision."
Octavio Paz