“The real history, the one that counts and is not to be found in books, is precisely this one, the one made by simple men; and it is the only one that rules the world.” MenWorldMadeBookRealFoundSimpleSimple Man Author:Eugenio Montale
“Today not even a universal fire could make the torrential poetic production of our time disappear. But it is exactly a question of production, that is, of hand-made products which are subject to the laws of taste and fashion.” MadeHandsTodayLawFireSubjectsFashionProductsTasteUniversalProductionsDisappearOur TimePoetic Author:Eugenio Montale
“The new man is born too old to tolerate the new world. The present conditions of life have not yet erased the traces of the past. We run too fast, but we still do not move enough. He looks but he does not contemplate, he sees but he does not think.” ThinkingMenWorldFeelsLooksDoeMadeStillsEnoughRunningPastMovingBornConditionsNew WorldRunning AwayContemplatingTolerate Author:Eugenio Montale
