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

Quote by Octavio Paz

Topics: Writers Quotes

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

Deserve your dream.

Deserve your dream.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

You know that they will never be in love with you but you still unconsciously...

You know that they will never be in love with you but you still unconsciously...

The trouble is not that I am single and likely to stay single, but that...

The trouble is not that I am single and likely to stay single, but that...

Loneliness is never more cruel than when it is felt in close propinquity with someone...

Loneliness is never more cruel than when it is felt in close propinquity with someone...

All we ask is to be let alone.

All we ask is to be let alone.

The dread of loneliness is greater than the fear of bondage, so we get married.

The dread of loneliness is greater than the fear of bondage, so we get married.

Loneliness is the first thing which God's eye named, not good

Loneliness is the first thing which God's eye named, not good

I dont think there are any men who are faithful to their wives.

I dont think there are any men who are faithful to their wives.

It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.

It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.