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

Other quotes by Octavio Paz

Literature is the expression of a feeling of deprivation, a recourse against a sense of something missing. But the contrary is also true: language is what makes us human. It is a recourse against the meaningless noise and silence of nature and history. – Octavio Paz

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History
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Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone. – Octavio Paz

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alone
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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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A picture is worth a thousand words. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision. – James Whistler

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I think an artists responsibility is more complex than people realize. – Jodie Foster

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You use a glass mirror to see your face you use works of art to see your soul. – George Bernard Shaw

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When a woman removes her garment, she also removes the respect that is hers. – Herodotus

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