Quotes by Octavio Paz

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

Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone.

Social criticism begins with grammar and the re-establishing of meanings.

Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two.

Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers... What we call art is a game.