Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two.
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Octavio Paz
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About Octavio Paz
Octavio Paz Lozano was a Mexican philosopher, poet, and diplomat. For his body of work, he was awarded the 1977 Jerusalem Prize, the 1981 Miguel de Cervantes Prize, the 1982 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, and the 1990 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Read on Wikipedia → Find books by Octavio PazTo read a poem is to hear it with our eyes to hear it is to see it with our ears.
Literature is the expression of a feeling of deprivation, a recourse against a sense of something missing. But the contrary is also true: language is what makes us human. It is a recourse against the…
Love is an attempt at penetrating another being, but it can only succeed if the surrender is mutual.
Literature is the expression of a feeling of deprivation, a recourse against a sense of something missing. But the contrary is also true: language is what makes us human. It is a recourse against the…
Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers... What we call art is a game.
Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone.