Logo
Quote by Octavio Paz
To read a poem is to hear it with our eyes to hear it is to see it

To read a poem is to hear it with our eyes to hear it is to see it with our ears. – Octavio Paz

Other quotes by Octavio Paz

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

Category:
alone
Author
Octavio Paz
Read Quote

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

Category:
Art
Author
Octavio Paz
Read Quote

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

Category:
Love
Author
Octavio Paz
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Poetry
category

A life is not sufficiently elevated for poetry, unless, of course, the life has been made into an art. – Mark Strand

Category:
Poetry

Eloquence is the poetry of prose. – William C. Bryant

Category:
Poetry

To see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one. – John Ruskin

Category:
Poetry

Even when poetry has a meaning, as it usually has, it may be inadvisable to draw it out…. Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure. – A.E. Housman

Category:
Poetry

Random Quotes

I dont think that the feminist movement has done much for the characters of women. – Doris Lessing

Category:
Women

The tapestry of history that seems so full of tragedy when viewed from the front has countless comic scenes woven into its reverse side. In truth, tragedy and comedy are the twin masks of history Рits mass appeal. РJos̩ Ortega y Gasset, Historical Reason

Category:
History

The great hope of society is in individual character. – William Ellery Channing

Category:
Hope

The wrath of brothers is fierce and devilish. – Proverb

Category:
Anger