“I consider a dream like I consider a shadow,” answered Caeiro, with his usual divine, unexpected promptitude. “A shadow is real, but it’s less real than a rock. A dream is real — if it weren’t, it wouldn’t be a dream — but less real than a thing. That’s what being real is like.” PhilosophyDreamRealityTruthNatureExistenceSeeingShadowPaganismIt Is What It IsPantheismFernando PessoaAlberto CaeiroMore Or Less Author:Álvaro de Campos
“The Amorous Shepherd is a fruitless interlude, but those few poems are among the world’s greatest love poems, because they’re love poems about love, not about being poems. The poet loves because he loves, not because love exists.” LoveLifeRealityTruthPoetryExistenceBeautySeeingClarityMeaningFeelingPaganismPantheismAlberto CaeiroThe Amorous Shepherd Author:Álvaro de Campos
“he woman Caeiro fell in love with. I have no idea who she was, and I intend to never find out, not even out of curiosity. There are things of which the soul refuses to lose its ignorance. I’m perfectly aware no one’s obliged to reciprocate love, and great poets have nothing to do with being great lovers. But there’s a transcendent spite... Let her remain anonymous even to God!” LoveRealityTruthPoetryExistenceSeeingLoversFeelingTranscendenceFall In LoveAlberto CaeiroReciprocationThe Amorous Shepherd Author:Álvaro de Campos
“Superior poets say what they really feel. Mediocre poets say what they decide to feel. Inferior poets say what they think they should feel.” ThinkingLifeWritingRealityTruthPoetryPoetMeaningFeelingPoetsMediocrePaganismPantheismSuperiorInferior Author:Álvaro de Campos
“I suddenly asked my master Caeiro, “Are you at peace with yourself?” and he answered, “No, I’m at peace.” It was like the voice of the earth, which is everything and no one.” LifeGodTruthUniverseNatureExistenceBeautySeeingSimplicityClarityMeaningTranquilityPaganismMasterIt Is What It IsPantheismAt Peace Author:Álvaro de Campos
“the Great Vaccination — the vaccination against the stupidity of the intelligentsia.” RealityTruthExistenceStupidityClarityBeingPaganismIt Is What It IsPantheismVaccinationIntelligentsiaMenain Author:Álvaro de Campos
“Nothing: a landscape, a glass of wine, a little loveless love, and the vague sadness caused by our understanding nothing and having lost the little we're given.” LoveGodTruthUnderstandingNatureLossExistenceBeautyWineLandscapeMeaningMeaninglessNothingnessPaganismIt Is What It IsPantheismRicardo Reis Author:Álvaro de Campos