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- Beyond myself, somewhere, I wait for my arrival. Octavio Paz. Waiting, Arrivals.
- The Mexican... is familiar with death. [He] jokes about it, caresses it, sleeps with it, celebrates it. It is one of his favorite toys and his most steadfast love.
- A flower without a stem, is beauty waiting to die. A heart without love, is a tear waiting to cry. Octavio Paz. Flower, Heart, Love Is.
- What sets worlds in motion is the interplay of differences, their attractions and repulsions. Life is plurality, death is uniformity. By suppressing differences and pecularities, by eliminating different civilizations and cultures, progress weakens life and favors death.
- “Deserve your dream.” ― octavio paz.
- “Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone.” ― Octavio Paz.
- “Love is an attempt to penetrate another being, but it can only be realized if the surrender is mutual.” ― Octavio Paz , The Labyrinth of Solitude and Other Writings.
- “Beyond myself, somewhere, I wait for my arrival.” ― Octavio Paz, The Collected Poems, 1957-1987.
Apr 19, 1998 · A collection of quotes by Octavio Paz, a Mexican poet and Nobel laureate. Explore his insights on poetry, art, love, solitude, history, and more.
Mar 24, 2021 · Looking for the famous Octavio Paz quotes from one of the most famous Mexican poets of all time? Then, you have come to the right place!
- The Clerk's Vision
- The Labyrinth of Solitude
- Sun Stone
- Alternating Current
- The Monkey Grammarian
"Visión del escribiente" as translated by Eliot Weinberger in Eagle Or Sun?(1976) And to fill all these white pages that are left for me with the same monotonous question: at what hour do the hours end? I too await the coming of my hour, I too exist. No. I quit. Yes, I know, I could settle down in an idea, in a custom, in an obsession. Or stretch o...
The Labyrinth of Solitude: Life and Thought in Mexico, trans. Lysander Kemp (New York: Grove Press, 1961) 1. Death is a mirror which reflects the vain gesticulations of the living. The whole motley confusion of acts, occasions, regrets and hopes which is the life of each one of us finds in death, not meaning or explanation, but an end. 1.1. Ch. 3: ...
Quotes from Piedra de Sol [Sun Stone] (1957) willow of crystal, a poplar of water, a pillar of fountain by the wind drawn over, tree that is firmly rooted and that dances, turning course of a river that goes curving, advances and retreats, goes roundabout, arriving forever: or the spring, appearing without urgency, water behind a stillness of close...
Man does not speak because he thinks; he thinks because he speaks. Or rather, speaking is no different than thinking: to speak is to think.
El mono gramático(1974), English translation (1981) The best thing to do will be to choose the path to Galta, traverse it again (invent it as I traverse it), and without realizing it, almost imperceptibly, go to the end — without being concerned about what “going to the end” means or what I meant when I wrote that phrase. At the very beginning of t...
The Labyrinth of Solitude and Other Writings Quotes Showing 1-30 of 62. “Love is an attempt to penetrate another being, but it can only be realized if the surrender is mutual.”. ― Octavio Paz , The Labyrinth of Solitude and Other Writings. 285 likes.
Octavio Paz's quote epitomizes the vital role that art plays in our lives, serving as a beacon of hope and a vehicle for self-discovery, reflection, and growth. There is nothing quite like the pleasure of walking down a crowded street and knowing you are alone.
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