“Surrealism is not a school of poetry but a movement of liberation... A way of rediscovering the language of innocence, a renewal of the primordial pact, poetry is the basic text, the foundation of the human order. Surrealism is revolutionary because it is a return to the beginning of all beginnings.” WayHumansSchoolOrderLanguageMovementReturnFoundationInnocenceLiberationRevolutionaryPoetry IsRenewalSurrealismPact Book:Alternating Current Source: Alternating Current
“It is not proper to project our feelings onto things or to attribute our own sensations and passions to them. Can it also be improper to see in them a guide, a way of life? To learn the art of remaining motionless amid the agitation of the whirlwind, to learn to remain still and to be as transparent as this fixed light amid the frantic branches this may be a program for life.” WayMayArtStillsFeelingsLightPassionProjectsProgramGuidesFixedBranchesSensationsAttributesTransparentAgitationFranticWhirlwind Author:Octavio Paz
“No one behind, no one ahead. The path the ancients cleared has closed. And the other path, everyone's path, easy and wide, goes nowhere. I am alone and find my way.” WayEasyBehindsPathWideMy Way Book:In Light of India Source: In Light of India
“Believing ourselves to be possessors of absolute truth degrades us: we regard every person whose way of thinking is different from ours as a monster and a threat and by so doing turn our own selves into monsters and threats to our fellows.” ThinkingWayBelievePersonsDifferentSelfTruthTurnsHuman NatureAbsolutesRegardFellowsThreatMonstersWay Of ThinkingDegradeAbsolute Truth Author:Octavio Paz
“Technology is not an image of the world but a way of operating on reality. The nihilism of technology lies not only in the fact that it is the most perfect expression of the will to power... but also in the fact that it lacks meaning.” WorldWayFactsRealityLyingPerfectTechnologyPowerExpressionNihilismWill Power Author:Octavio Paz
“What is art? A violet. Is that all? An artistic style is a living entity, a continuous process of invention. It can never be imposed from without; born of the profoundest tendencies within a society, its direction is to a certain extent unpredictable, in much the same way as the eventual configuration of a tree's branches.” WayArtCertainProcessBornTreeStyleInventionTendenciesArtisticBranchesEntityUnpredictableVioletConfiguration Author:Octavio Paz
