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

Quote by Octavio Paz

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We are condemned to kill time, thus we die bit by bit.

We are condemned to kill time, thus we die bit by bit.

Love is an attempt at penetrating another being, but it can only succeed if the...

Love is an attempt at penetrating another being, but it can only succeed if the...

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

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

Writers, you know, are the beggars of Western society.

Writers, you know, are the beggars of Western society.

Literature is the expression of a feeling of deprivation, a recourse against a sense of...

Literature is the expression of a feeling of deprivation, a recourse against a sense of...

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

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

Deserve your dream.

Deserve your dream.

Man does not speak because he thinks; he thinks because he speaks. Or rather, speaking...

Man does not speak because he thinks; he thinks because he speaks. Or rather, speaking...

To read a poem is to hear it with our eyes; to hear it is...

To read a poem is to hear it with our eyes; to hear it is...

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

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

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

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

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

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

If we are a metaphor of the universe, the human couple is the metaphor par...

If we are a metaphor of the universe, the human couple is the metaphor par...

Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers... What...

Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers... What...

And I knew my vision of the garden of savage beauty had been a true...

And I knew my vision of the garden of savage beauty had been a true...

Buildings designed with careful attention to aesthetics arouse and enlighten their occupants and that promotes...

Buildings designed with careful attention to aesthetics arouse and enlighten their occupants and that promotes...

When applied to politics and taken to its extreme, kitsch is the mask of death....

When applied to politics and taken to its extreme, kitsch is the mask of death....

Let architects sing of aesthetics that bring Rich clients in hordes to their knees; Just...

Let architects sing of aesthetics that bring Rich clients in hordes to their knees; Just...

Leonardo Da Vinci combined art and science and aesthetics and engineering, that kind of unity...

Leonardo Da Vinci combined art and science and aesthetics and engineering, that kind of unity...

I'm a passionate believer in the inherent creativity possessed by all people and our inherent...

I'm a passionate believer in the inherent creativity possessed by all people and our inherent...

It is through¦ Art and Art only that we can shield ourselves from the sordid...

It is through¦ Art and Art only that we can shield ourselves from the sordid...