Quotes About Expression

Ser poeta no es una ambición mía. Es mi manera de estar solo

Fue un parto», dicen los que no saben o los que creen que el arte real surge del sufrimiento. Para sufrir y pasarlo mal no hay que ser artista; todos más o menos sufren y saben cómo curarse.

All I can do will only ever be a faint image of what I see and my success will always be less than my failure or perhaps equal to the failure.

In every work of art the subject is primordial, whether the artist knows it or not. The measure of the formal qualities is only a sign of the measure of the artist's obsession with his subject the form is always in proportion to the obsession.

The object of art is not to reproduce reality, but to create a reality of the same intensity.

The beauty of women was the first expression of my photography.

Los mejores escritores tienen una única obra, que las escriben en veinticinco libros o lo que vos quieras, pero, es una sola obra.

Es bueno defender las cosas que se sienten, pero para hay que sentirlas y para eso hace falta algo más.

Every true writer is like a bird; he repeats the same song, the same theme, all his life. For me, this theme as always been revolt.

L'art rallume toujours les lumières du paradis perdu

As long as you read this poem I will be writing it.

Nobody believes anything that's put in a poem.

L'amore si fa o si sente, l'amore non si dice, non si reclama e non si commenta l'amore fatto, l'amore ha gli occhi per parlare e le mani per recargli doni. Se gli occhi sfuggono e le mani arrivano vuote, è detto tutto. Due che non hanno niente da dirsi parlano del loro amore reciproco, che intanto st volando altrove. Parlare d'amore significa parlare d'altro

Words, even the most ephemeral ones are facts, as heavy as fetters, they leave deep marks.

Os olhos conseguem dizer com eloquência desconhecida as palavras, provavelmente porque a dos olhos foi a primeiríssima linguagem com que aprendemos a nos comunicar.

Acts of creation are ordinarily reserved for gods and poets, but humbler folk may circumvent this restriction if they know how.

Nonconformity is the highest evolutionary attainment of social animals.

Nonsense is an assertion of man's spiritual freedom in spite of all the oppressions of circumstance.

It's with bad sentiments that one makes good novels.

A bad book is as much of a labor to write as a good one; it comes as sincerely from the author's soul.

Perhaps it's good for one to suffer. Can an artist do anything if he's happy? Would he ever want to do anything? What is art, after all, but a protest against the horrible inclemency of life?

The finest works of art are precious, among other reasons, because they make it possible for us to know, if only imperfectly and for a little while, what it actually feels like to think subtly and feel nobly.

Art is one of the means whereby man seeks to redeem a life which is experienced as chaotic, senseless, and largely evil.

The finest works of art are precious, among other reasons, because they make it possible for us to know, if only imperfectly and for a little while, what it actually feels like to think subltly and feel nobly.