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Salvatore Quasimodo Quotes

As the poet has expected, the alarms now are sounded, for - and it must be said again - the birth of a poet is always a threat to the existing cultural order, because he attempts to break through the circle of literary castes to reach the center Picture Quote #1

Thus, the poet’s word is beginning to strike forcefully upon the hearts of all men, while absolute men of letters think that they alone live in the real world Picture Quote #1

The Resistance is a moral certainty, not a poetic one. The true poet never uses words in order to punish someone. His judgment belongs to a creative order; it is not formulated as a prophetic scripture Picture Quote #1

Even a polemic has some justification if one considers that my own first poetic experiments began during a dictatorship and mark the origin of the Hermetic movement Picture Quote #1

Europeans know the importance of the Resistance; it has been the shining example of the modern conscience Picture Quote #1

Poetry is the revelation of a feeling that the poet believes to be interior and personal which the reader recognizes as his own Picture Quote #1

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A poet clings to his own tradition and avoids internationalism Picture Quote #1

After the turbulence of death, moral principles and even religious proofs are called into question Picture Quote #1

The antagonism between the poet and the politician has generally been evident in all cultures Picture Quote #1

The poet’s other readers are the ancient poets, who look upon the freshly written pages from an incorruptible distance. Their poetic forms are permanent, and it is difficult to create new forms which can approach them Picture Quote #1

According to them, the poet is confined to the provinces with his mouth broken on his own syllabic trapeze Picture Quote #1

Poetry is the revelation of a feeling that the poet believes to be interior and personal but which the reader recognizes as his own Picture Quote #1

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We wrote verses that condemned us, with no hope of pardon, to the most bitter solitude Picture Quote #1

War, I have always said, forces men to change their standards, regardless of whether their country has won or lost Picture Quote #1

Thus, the poet’s word is beginning to strike forcefully upon the hearts of all men, while absolute men of letters think that they alone live in the real world Picture Quote #1

The writer of stories or of novels settles on men and imitates them; he exhausts the possibilities of his characters Picture Quote #1

He passes from lyric to epic poetry in order to speak about the world and the torment in the world through man, rationally and emotionally. The poet then becomes a danger Picture Quote #1

The poet does not fear death, not because he believes in the fantasy of heroes, but because death constantly visits his thoughts and is thus an image of a serene dialogue Picture Quote #1

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Religious power, which, as I have already said, frequently identifies itself with political power, has always been a protagonist of this bitter struggle, even when it seemingly was neutral Picture Quote #1

My readers at that time were still men of letters; but there had to be other people waiting to read my poems Picture Quote #1

From the night, his solitude, the poet finds day and starts a diary that is lethal to the inert. The dark landscape yields a dialogue Picture Quote #1

At the point when continuity was interrupted by the first nuclear explosion, it would have been too easy to recover the formal sediment which linked us with an age of poetic decorum, of a preoccupation with poetic sounds Picture Quote #1

An exact poetic duplication of a man is for the poet a negation of the earth, an impossibility of being, even though his greatest desire is to speak to many men, to unite with them by means of harmonious verses about the truths of the mind or of things Picture Quote #1

The poet’s spoken discourse often depends on a mystique, on the spiritual freedom that finds itself enslaved on earth Picture Quote #1

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Religious poetry, civic poetry, lyric or dramatic poetry are all categories of man’s expression which are valid only if the endorsement of formal content is valid Picture Quote #1

Poetry is also the physical self of the poet, and it is impossible to separate the poet from his poetry Picture Quote #1

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As the poet has expected, the alarms now are sounded, for - and it must be said again - the birth of a poet is always a threat to the existing cultural order, because he attempts to break through the circle of literary castes to reach the center. (Salvatore Quasimodo Quotes) Thus, the poet’s word is beginning to strike forcefully upon the hearts of all men, while absolute men of letters think that they alone live in the real world. (Salvatore Quasimodo Quotes) The Resistance is a moral certainty, not a poetic one. The true poet never uses words in order to punish someone. His judgment belongs to a creative order; it is not formulated as a prophetic scripture (Salvatore Quasimodo Quotes) Even a polemic has some justification if one considers that my own first poetic experiments began during a dictatorship and mark the origin of the Hermetic movement (Salvatore Quasimodo Quotes) Europeans know the importance of the Resistance; it has been the shining example of the modern conscience (Salvatore Quasimodo Quotes) Poetry is the revelation of a feeling that the poet believes to be interior and personal which the reader recognizes as his own (Salvatore Quasimodo Quotes) A poet clings to his own tradition and avoids internationalism (Salvatore Quasimodo Quotes) After the turbulence of death, moral principles and even religious proofs are called into question (Salvatore Quasimodo Quotes) The antagonism between the poet and the politician has generally been evident in all cultures (Salvatore Quasimodo Quotes) The poet’s other readers are the ancient poets, who look upon the freshly written pages from an incorruptible distance. Their poetic forms are permanent, and it is difficult to create new forms which can approach them (Salvatore Quasimodo Quotes) According to them, the poet is confined to the provinces with his mouth broken on his own syllabic trapeze (Salvatore Quasimodo Quotes) Poetry is the revelation of a feeling that the poet believes to be interior and personal but which the reader recognizes as his own (Salvatore Quasimodo Quotes) We wrote verses that condemned us, with no hope of pardon, to the most bitter solitude (Salvatore Quasimodo Quotes) War, I have always said, forces men to change their standards, regardless of whether their country has won or lost (Salvatore Quasimodo Quotes) Thus, the poet’s word is beginning to strike forcefully upon the hearts of all men, while absolute men of letters think that they alone live in the real world (Salvatore Quasimodo Quotes) The writer of stories or of novels settles on men and imitates them; he exhausts the possibilities of his characters (Salvatore Quasimodo Quotes) He passes from lyric to epic poetry in order to speak about the world and the torment in the world through man, rationally and emotionally. The poet then becomes a danger (Salvatore Quasimodo Quotes) The poet does not fear death, not because he believes in the fantasy of heroes, but because death constantly visits his thoughts and is thus an image of a serene dialogue (Salvatore Quasimodo Quotes) Religious power, which, as I have already said, frequently identifies itself with political power, has always been a protagonist of this bitter struggle, even when it seemingly was neutral (Salvatore Quasimodo Quotes) My readers at that time were still men of letters; but there had to be other people waiting to read my poems (Salvatore Quasimodo Quotes) From the night, his solitude, the poet finds day and starts a diary that is lethal to the inert. The dark landscape yields a dialogue (Salvatore Quasimodo Quotes) At the point when continuity was interrupted by the first nuclear explosion, it would have been too easy to recover the formal sediment which linked us with an age of poetic decorum, of a preoccupation with poetic sounds (Salvatore Quasimodo Quotes) An exact poetic duplication of a man is for the poet a negation of the earth, an impossibility of being, even though his greatest desire is to speak to many men, to unite with them by means of harmonious verses about the truths of the mind or of things (Salvatore Quasimodo Quotes) The poet’s spoken discourse often depends on a mystique, on the spiritual freedom that finds itself enslaved on earth (Salvatore Quasimodo Quotes) Religious poetry, civic poetry, lyric or dramatic poetry are all categories of man’s expression which are valid only if the endorsement of formal content is valid (Salvatore Quasimodo Quotes) Poetry is also the physical self of the poet, and it is impossible to separate the poet from his poetry (Salvatore Quasimodo Quotes)