The poet begins where the man ends. The man's lot is to live his human life, the poet's to invent what is nonexistent.

Quote by Jose Ortega Y Gasset

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The difficulties which I meet with in order to realize my existence are precisely what...

The difficulties which I meet with in order to realize my existence are precisely what...

An idea is a putting truth in check-mate.

An idea is a putting truth in check-mate.

Poetry is adolescence fermented, and thus preserved.

Poetry is adolescence fermented, and thus preserved.

Living is a constant process of deciding what we are going to do.

Living is a constant process of deciding what we are going to do.

For the person for whom small things do not exist, the great is not great.

For the person for whom small things do not exist, the great is not great.

There may be as much nobility in being last as in being first, because the...

There may be as much nobility in being last as in being first, because the...

Under the species of Syndicalism and Fascism there appears for the first time in Europe...

Under the species of Syndicalism and Fascism there appears for the first time in Europe...

I am I plus my circumstances.

I am I plus my circumstances.

Love is that splendid triggering of human vitality the supreme activity which nature affords anyone...

Love is that splendid triggering of human vitality the supreme activity which nature affords anyone...

The metaphor is perhaps one of man's most fruitful potentialities. Its efficacy verges on magic,...

The metaphor is perhaps one of man's most fruitful potentialities. Its efficacy verges on magic,...

To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm...

To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm...

There is but one way left to save a classic; to give up revering him...

There is but one way left to save a classic; to give up revering him...

Abasement, degradation is simply the manner of life of the man who has refused to...

Abasement, degradation is simply the manner of life of the man who has refused to...

Tell me to what you pay attention and I will tell you who you are.

Tell me to what you pay attention and I will tell you who you are.

Excellence means when a man or woman asks of himself more than others do.

Excellence means when a man or woman asks of himself more than others do.

We distinguish the excellent man from the common man by saying that the former is...

We distinguish the excellent man from the common man by saying that the former is...

The metaphor is perhaps one of man's most fruitful potentialities. Its efficacy verges on magic,...

The metaphor is perhaps one of man's most fruitful potentialities. Its efficacy verges on magic,...

To achieve lasting literature, fictional or factual, a writer needs perceptive vision, absorptive capacity, and...

To achieve lasting literature, fictional or factual, a writer needs perceptive vision, absorptive capacity, and...

Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you...

Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you...

Creativity is the ability to see relationships where none exist.

Creativity is the ability to see relationships where none exist.

If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything...

If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything...

A whole generation of writers dined out on the dialectic between original cultures and their...

A whole generation of writers dined out on the dialectic between original cultures and their...