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

Quote by Octavio Paz

Topics: Loneliness Quotes, Men Quotes, Solitude Quotes

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...

Deserve your dream.

Deserve your dream.

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...