The best Quotes by Octavio Paz

The best Quotes by Octavio Paz

Octavio Paz Lozano (March 31, 1914 – April 19, 1998) was a Mexican poet and diplomat.

What distinguishes modern art from the art of other ages is criticism.
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Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone.
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Social criticism begins with grammar and the re-establishing of meanings.
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Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two.
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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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Philippe: "Tell me Driss, why do you think people are interested in art?"
Driss: "I don't know, it's a business?"
Philippe: "No. That's because it's the only thing one leaves behind."
Driss in Intouchables
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The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science. Whoever does not know it and can no longer wonder, no longer marvel, is as good as dead, and his eyes are dimmed.
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Artists use lies to tell the truth, while politicians use them to cover the truth up.
Evey Hammond in V for Vendetta
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Art is a way of survival.
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All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once you grow up.
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No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.
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A picture means I know where I was every minute. That's why I take pictures. It's a visual diary.
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The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.
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It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.
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Be your own artist, and always be confident in what you're doing. If you're not going to be confident, you might as well not be doing it.
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I like that about art, that what you see is sometimes more about who you are than what’s on the wall. I look at this painting and think about how everyone has some secret inside, something sleeping like that yellow bird.
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An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.
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I am an artist... I am here to live out loud.
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The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.
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As I create art, it is like a love affair. My days go by loving what I do.
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An artist has no home in Europe except in Paris.
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The only thing they can't teach you at art school is art.
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Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced.
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What is Art? It is the response of man's creative soul to the call of the Real.
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For a while, for as long as you're looking at it, that painting is the world and you get to be in it.
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Art finds her own perfection within, and not outside of herself. She is not to be judged by any external standard of resemblance. She is a veil, rather than a mirror.
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The role of art is to make a world which can be inhabited.
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Art can shed light on our fears.
Art is empty without empathy.
Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth.
Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.
I want to live in a world created by art, not just decorated with it.
I feel like art imitates life and life imitates art.
Solidarity makes me creative - you drink a glass of wine and feel even worse. Art can't exist without pain; and art exists to cure pain.
Only through art can we emerge from ourselves and know what another person sees.
If you see German soldiers, don't panic. They are here to help.
Donald Tusk (about German soldiers helping with floodings in Poland) - September 2024
I will be casting my vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in the 2024 Presidential Election. I'm voting for Kamala Harris because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them.
Taylor Swift - September 2024
Donald Trump was fired by 81 million people. Clearly he is having a very difficult time processing that.
Kamala Harris - September 2024
It's been the honor of my lifetime to serve as your president. I love the job - but I love my country more.
Joe Biden - August 2024
I am sorry on behalf of most, if not close to all, of Australia at this point. I'm sorry about Raygun and that we broke dancing.
Ozzy Man Reviews - August 2024
I don't think you understand how Australians work. Once we get a hold of a good quality meme, we drive it into the ground until we die. We're all still dropping the old "I pulled a Bradbury" and that happened over 20 years ago.
August 2024
I really appreciate the positivity and I'm glad I was able to bring some joy into your lives. That's what I hoped. I didn't realise that would also open the door to so much hate which has, frankly, been pretty devastating.
Rachael Gunn - August 2024
Don't be afraid to be different, go out there and represent yourself, you never know where that's gonna take you.
Rachael Gunn - August 2024
Since the day I announced my candidacy, I set out to find a partner who can help unite our nation and move us forward—a fighter for the middle class and patriot who believes in the promise of America. I am here today because I found such a leader: Governor Tim Walz.
Kamala Harris - August 2024
Thank you, Kamala Harris, for the trust that you've placed in me. And maybe more so, thank you for bringing back the joy. I couldn't be prouder to be on this ticket - and to help make you the next President of the United States.
Tim Walz - August 2024
While Walz pretends to support Americans in the Heartland, when the cameras are off, he believes that rural America is "mostly cows and rocks". Walz is obsessed with spreading California's dangerously liberal agenda far and wide.
Donald Trump - August 2024
While it's not very Minnesotan to brag, I've got to brag on our state a little here: We were just ranked #1 in the country for health care.
Tim Walz - July 2024
If giving tax breaks to millionaires created jobs or grew our economy, I would be in favor of them, but they are the same failed policies of the past that just don't work.
I feel like I've got feet firmly in different camps. Between the right of gun ownership and public safety.
You have to understand what caused genocide to happen. Or it will happen again.

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