Quote by Juan Goytisolo
When I write now I do not invent situation, characters, or actions

When I write now I do not invent situation, characters, or actions, but rather structures and discursive forms, textual groupings which are combined according to secret affinities among themselves, as in architecture or the plastic arts. – Juan Goytisolo

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In my opinion, the most significant works of the twentieth century are those that rise beyond the conceptual tyranny of genre they are, at the same time, poetry, criticism, narrative, drama, etc. – Juan Goytisolo

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Poetry
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In times when religious or political faith or hope predominates, the writer functions totally in unison with society, and expresses societys feelings, beliefs, and hopes in perfect harmony. – Juan Goytisolo

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Faith
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In the Europe which was created by the Second World War, divided into two blocks, each in need of a revolution that would end the abuses and injustices of capitalism and the privileges of a bureaucratic caste, collective faith does not exist. – Juan Goytisolo

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There is a lot of interest in the arts, music, theatre, filmmaking, engineering, architecture and software design. I think we have now transitioned the modern-day version of the entrepreneur into the creative economy. – John Baldacci

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I would have liked maybe to be in architecture or painting, something connected to the fine arts. – Catherine Deneuve

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Bridges are perhaps the most invisible form of public architecture. – Bruce Jackson

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I paint mostly from real life. It has to start with that. Real people, real street scenes, behind the curtain scenes, live models, paintings, photographs, staged setups, architecture, grids, graphic design. Whatever it takes to make it work. – Bob Dylan

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