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Eugenio Montale Quotes

I am perhaps a late follower of Zoroaster and I believe that the foundation of life is built upon the struggle between the two opposing forces of Good and Evil Picture Quote #1

Strangely, Dante’s Divine Comedy did not produce a prose of that creative height or it did so after centuries Picture Quote #1

Against the dark background of this contemporary civilization of well-being, even the arts tend to mingle, to lose their identity Picture Quote #1

This proves that great lyric poetry can die, be reborn, die again, but will always remain one of the most outstanding creations of the human soul Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

The poet does not know - often he will never know - whom he really writes for Picture Quote #1

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Strangely, Dante’s Divine Comedy did not produce a prose of that creative height or it did so after centuries Picture Quote #1

I have been judged to be a pessimist but what abyss of ignorance and low egoism is not hidden in one who thinks that Man is the God of himself and that his future can only be triumphant Picture Quote #1

I am perhaps a late follower of Zoroaster and I believe that the foundation of life is built upon the struggle between the two opposing forces of Good and Evil Picture Quote #1

But poets were not considered dangerous and they were advised to exercise self-censorship. At most, poets were requested not to write at all. I took advantage of this negative liberty Picture Quote #1

Against the dark background of this contemporary civilization of well-being, even the arts tend to mingle, to lose their identity Picture Quote #1

Narrative art, the novel, from Murasaki to Proust, has produced great works of poetry Picture Quote #1

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For my part, if I consider poetry as an object, I maintain that it is born of the necessity of adding a vocal sound (speech) to the hammering of the first tribal music Picture Quote #1

This proves that great lyric poetry can die, be reborn, die again, but will always remain one of the most outstanding creations of the human soul Picture Quote #1

I do not go in search of poetry. I wait for poetry to visit me Picture Quote #1

Too many lives are needed to make just one Picture Quote #1

Many of today’s verses are prose and bad prose Picture Quote #1

In reality art is always for everyone and for no one Picture Quote #1

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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. He runs away from time, which is made of thought, and yet all he can feel is his own time, the present Picture Quote #1

Man cannot produce a single work without the assistance of the slow, assiduous, corrosive worm of thought Picture Quote #1

It has often been observed that the repercussion of poetic language on prose language can be considered a decisive cut of a whip Picture Quote #1

I have always knocked at the door of that wonderful and terrible enigma which is life Picture Quote #1

Evidently the arts, all the visual arts, are becoming more democratic in the worst sense of the word Picture Quote #1

Art is the production of objects for consumption, to be used and discarded while waiting for a new world in which man will have succeeded in freeing himself of everything, even of his own consciousness Picture Quote #1

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True poetry is similar to certain pictures whose owner is unknown and which only a few initiated people know Picture Quote #1

There is also poetry written to be shouted in a square in front of an enthusiastic crowd. This occurs especially in countries where authoritarian regimes are in power Picture Quote #1

Slowly poetry becomes visual because it paints images, but it is also musical: it unites two arts into one Picture Quote #1

Poetry is the art which is technically within the grasp of everyone: a piece of paper and a pencil and one is ready Picture Quote #1

Mass communication, radio, and especially television, have attempted, not without success, to annihilate every possibility of solitude and reflection Picture Quote #1

Happiness, for you we walk on a knife edge. To the eyes you are a flickering light, to the feet, thin ice that cracks; and so may no one touch you who loves you Picture Quote #1

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I am perhaps a late follower of Zoroaster and I believe that the foundation of life is built upon the struggle between the two opposing forces of Good and Evil. (Eugenio Montale Quotes) Strangely, Dante’s Divine Comedy did not produce a prose of that creative height or it did so after centuries. (Eugenio Montale Quotes) Against the dark background of this contemporary civilization of well-being, even the arts tend to mingle, to lose their identity. (Eugenio Montale Quotes) This proves that great lyric poetry can die, be reborn, die again, but will always remain one of the most outstanding creations of the human soul. (Eugenio Montale Quotes) 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 (Eugenio Montale Quotes) The poet does not know - often he will never know - whom he really writes for (Eugenio Montale Quotes) Strangely, Dante’s Divine Comedy did not produce a prose of that creative height or it did so after centuries (Eugenio Montale Quotes) I have been judged to be a pessimist but what abyss of ignorance and low egoism is not hidden in one who thinks that Man is the God of himself and that his future can only be triumphant (Eugenio Montale Quotes) I am perhaps a late follower of Zoroaster and I believe that the foundation of life is built upon the struggle between the two opposing forces of Good and Evil (Eugenio Montale Quotes) But poets were not considered dangerous and they were advised to exercise self-censorship. At most, poets were requested not to write at all. I took advantage of this negative liberty (Eugenio Montale Quotes) Against the dark background of this contemporary civilization of well-being, even the arts tend to mingle, to lose their identity (Eugenio Montale Quotes) Narrative art, the novel, from Murasaki to Proust, has produced great works of poetry (Eugenio Montale Quotes) For my part, if I consider poetry as an object, I maintain that it is born of the necessity of adding a vocal sound (speech) to the hammering of the first tribal music (Eugenio Montale Quotes) This proves that great lyric poetry can die, be reborn, die again, but will always remain one of the most outstanding creations of the human soul (Eugenio Montale Quotes) I do not go in search of poetry. I wait for poetry to visit me (Eugenio Montale Quotes) Too many lives are needed to make just one (Eugenio Montale Quotes) Many of today’s verses are prose and bad prose (Eugenio Montale Quotes) In reality art is always for everyone and for no one (Eugenio Montale Quotes) 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. He runs away from time, which is made of thought, and yet all he can feel is his own time, the present (Eugenio Montale Quotes) Man cannot produce a single work without the assistance of the slow, assiduous, corrosive worm of thought (Eugenio Montale Quotes) It has often been observed that the repercussion of poetic language on prose language can be considered a decisive cut of a whip (Eugenio Montale Quotes) I have always knocked at the door of that wonderful and terrible enigma which is life (Eugenio Montale Quotes) Evidently the arts, all the visual arts, are becoming more democratic in the worst sense of the word (Eugenio Montale Quotes) Art is the production of objects for consumption, to be used and discarded while waiting for a new world in which man will have succeeded in freeing himself of everything, even of his own consciousness (Eugenio Montale Quotes) True poetry is similar to certain pictures whose owner is unknown and which only a few initiated people know (Eugenio Montale Quotes) There is also poetry written to be shouted in a square in front of an enthusiastic crowd. This occurs especially in countries where authoritarian regimes are in power (Eugenio Montale Quotes) Slowly poetry becomes visual because it paints images, but it is also musical: it unites two arts into one (Eugenio Montale Quotes) Poetry is the art which is technically within the grasp of everyone: a piece of paper and a pencil and one is ready (Eugenio Montale Quotes) Mass communication, radio, and especially television, have attempted, not without success, to annihilate every possibility of solitude and reflection (Eugenio Montale Quotes) Happiness, for you we walk on a knife edge. To the eyes you are a flickering light, to the feet, thin ice that cracks; and so may no one touch you who loves you (Eugenio Montale Quotes)

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