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Octavio Paz Quote: “Cubism had been an analysis of the object and an attempt to put it before us in its totality; both as analysis and as synthesis, it was a criticism of appearance. Surrealism transmuted the object, and suddenly a canvas became an apparition: a new figuration, a real transfiguration.”

101. “Cubism had been an analysis of the object and an attempt to put it before us in its totality; both as analysis and as synthesis, it was a criticism of appearance. Surrealism transmuted the object, and suddenly a canvas became an apparition: a new figuration, a real transfiguration.”

— Octavio Paz

Octavio Paz Quote: “To reduce poetry to its reflections of historical events and movements would be like reducing the poet’s words to their logical or grammatical connotations.”

102. “To reduce poetry to its reflections of historical events and movements would be like reducing the poet’s words to their logical or grammatical connotations.”

— Octavio Paz

Octavio Paz Quote: “A saint speaks with God or with himself, two forms of silence.”

103. “A saint speaks with God or with himself, two forms of silence.”

— Octavio Paz

Octavio Paz Quote: “Horror immobolizes us because it is made of contradictory feelings: fear and seduction, repulsion and attraction. Horror is a fascination... Horror is immobility, the great yawn of empty space, the womb and the hole in the earth, the universal Mother and the great garbage heap... With horror we cannot have recourse to flight or combat, there remains only Adoration or Exorcism.”

104. “Horror immobolizes us because it is made of contradictory feelings: fear and seduction, repulsion and attraction. Horror is a fascination... Horror is immobility, the great yawn of empty space, the womb and the hole in the earth, the universal Mother and the great garbage heap... With horror we cannot have recourse to flight or combat, there remains only Adoration or Exorcism.”

— Octavio Paz

Octavio Paz Quote: “Tell me how you die and I will tell you who you are.”

105. “Tell me how you die and I will tell you who you are.”

— Octavio Paz

Octavio Paz Quote: “The difficulty of modern poetry does not stem from its complexity, but rather from the fact that, like mysticism or love, it demands total surrender – and an equally total vigilance.”

106. “The difficulty of modern poetry does not stem from its complexity, but rather from the fact that, like mysticism or love, it demands total surrender – and an equally total vigilance.”

— Octavio Paz

Octavio Paz Quote: “The associations of signs, whether it be strong or weak, is what distinguishes us humans from the other animals. Rather, it is what makes us complex, problematical, and unpredictable beings.”

107. “The associations of signs, whether it be strong or weak, is what distinguishes us humans from the other animals. Rather, it is what makes us complex, problematical, and unpredictable beings.”

— Octavio Paz

Octavio Paz Quote: “Appearances are the shadows of archetypes. Space is not an expanse but a magnet attracting Appearances.”

108. “Appearances are the shadows of archetypes. Space is not an expanse but a magnet attracting Appearances.”

— Octavio Paz

Octavio Paz Quote: “Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone, and the only one who seeks out another. His nature – if that word can be used in reference to man, who has ‘invented’ himself by saying ‘no’ to nature – consists in his longing to realize himself in another. Man is nostalgia and a search for communion. Therefore, when he is aware of himself he is aware of his lack of another, that is, of his solitude.”

109. “Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone, and the only one who seeks out another. His nature – if that word can be used in reference to man, who has ‘invented’ himself by saying ‘no’ to nature – consists in his longing to realize himself in another. Man is nostalgia and a search for communion. Therefore, when he is aware of himself he is aware of his lack of another, that is, of his solitude.”

— Octavio Paz

Octavio Paz Quote: “Look at the power of the world, look at the power of the dust, look at the water.”

110. “Look at the power of the world, look at the power of the dust, look at the water.”

— Octavio Paz

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