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Quote by Octavio Paz
Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention o

Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers… What we call art is a game. – Octavio Paz

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Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two. – Octavio Paz

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Love is an attempt at penetrating another being, but it can only succeed if the surrender is mutual. – Octavio Paz

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Our democratic capitalist society has converted Eros into an employee of Mammon. – Octavio Paz

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The writer, when he is also an artist, is someone who admits what others dont dare reveal. – Elia Kazan

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Magic becomes art when it has nothing to hide. – Ben Okri

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In mathematics the art of proposing a question must be held of higher value than solving it. – Georg Cantor

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