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Eugenio Montale

Poetry is the art which is technically within the grasp of everyone: a piece of paper and a pencil and one is ready.

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Eugenio Montale means that creating poetry does not require special tools or complex materials, just simple things like paper and a pencil. This highlights that the basic act of writing poetry is accessible to anyone who wants to try.

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