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Octavio Paz (March 31, 1914 - April 19, 1998) was a renowned Mexican poet, essayist, and diplomat. He is considered one of the greatest Spanish-language poets of the 20th century, known for his unique poetic style and profound intellectual depth.

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Famous Octavio Paz Quotes

“Cubism had been an analysis of the object and an attempt to put it before us in its totality; both as analysis and as synthesis, it was a criticism of appearance. Surrealism transmuted the object, and suddenly a canvas became an apparition: a new figuration, a real transfiguration.”

Real Objects Criticism Appearance Analysis Canvas Totality Surrealism Synthesis Apparitions Transfiguration Cubism

Book:Alternating Current

Source: Alternating Current

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

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Book:The Labyrinth of Solitude: And the Other Mexico ; Return to the Labyrinth of Solitude ; Mexico and the United States ; The Philanthropic Ogre

Source: The Labyrinth of Solitude: And the Other Mexico ; Return to the Labyrinth of Solitude ; Mexico and the United States ; The Philanthropic Ogre

“When a society decays, it is language that is first to become gangrenous. As a result, social criticism begins with grammar and the re-establishing of meanings”

Firsts Language Social Results Criticism Decay Grammar

Book:The Labyrinth of Solitude: And the Other Mexico ; Return to the Labyrinth of Solitude ; Mexico and the United States ; The Philanthropic Ogre

Source: The Labyrinth of Solitude: And the Other Mexico ; Return to the Labyrinth of Solitude ; Mexico and the United States ; The Philanthropic Ogre

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

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Book:Alternating Current

Source: Alternating Current

“There is nothing sacred or untouchable except the freedom to think. Without criticism, that is to say, without rigor and experimentation, there is no science, without criticism there is no art or literature. I would also say that without criticism there is no healthy society.”

Thinking Art Literature Healthy Criticism Sacred Experimentation Rigor Untouchables Healthy Society

Author:Octavio Paz

About the Author

Born: March 31, 1914
Died: April 19, 1998
Known for: Poet
Quotes: 171

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Alternating CurrentRelated source material

The Double Flame: Love and EroticismRelated source material

The Labyrinth of Solitude: And the Other Mexico ; Return to the Labyrinth of Solitude ; Mexico and the United States ; The Philanthropic OgreRelated source material

Selected poemsRelated source material

The Labyrinth of Solitude and Other WritingsRelated source material

The Collected Poems of Octavio Paz, 1957-1987Related source material

Sombras De ObrasRelated source material

Освящение мигаRelated source material

1904-1912Related source material

A Draft of Shadows and Other PoemsRelated source material

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