Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers… What we call art is a game. – Octavio Paz
Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone. – Octavio Paz
Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two. – Octavio Paz
To read a poem is to hear it with our eyes to hear it is to see it with our ears. – Octavio Paz
One of the main reasons I am so drawn to Hitchcock is that he planned his shots way in advance on story-boards, which he designed like classic paintings (he was an art connoisseur). Its why he found shooting on set boring – because he had already composed the film in his head. – Camille Paglia