Juan Goytisolo Quotes

For a country is not merely a piece of earth; it is, above all, a compendium of social, cultural, and historical factors which begin to acquire sense and order through the process of writing.

Juan Goytisolo

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: spanish
  • Birth: 1931

Topics

WritingProcessCountryEarthBegin

The source of all the material comes from nothingness, illusion is working more on things you can prove. That's the principle, the essence of life, it is actually an illusion, not immaterial. That's worth pursuing. So illusion is not nothing. In a way, that is the truth.

Ang Lee

LifeTruthWorthYouIllusionWay

I feel lucky because I was a nerd, which I talk about in the book, but I had academic success, so through that, because that's what my parents put a great deal of value on, I had a great childhood because I sort of fulfilled the expectations of being good at school.

Mindy Kaling

SuccessGoodGreatChildhoodValue

Governments are not always right.

Jose Manuel Barroso

RightAlwaysGovernments

So many different countries have got their version of what Merlin is: the Scottish say he Scottish, the Welsh say he's Welsh, the French say he's French.

Colin Morgan

SayGotDifferentScottishHeWelsh

I know a lot of people fear the rougher types who might be at a state school, but surely it is better to know who they are and how to deal with them than for that kind of child to appear as a completely different species to yours.

Arabella Weir

FearSchoolChildPeopleBetter

Fundamental violations of human rights always lead to people feeling less and less human.

Aung San Suu Kyi

PeopleFeelingHumanAlwaysLead

In order to understand what they need to understand, in order to write what they write, they have to be free. And yet, they aren't ever free. They are not free because they are not free of the constrictions their art puts on them.

Peter Davison

ArtFreeUnderstandWriteNeedEver

I did 'Prodigal Son' at Manhattan Theatre Club.

Timothee Chalamet

SonTheatreClubManhattanDid

If you want to accomplish something in the world, idealism is not enough - you need to choose a method that works to achieve the goal.

Richard Stallman

WorldEnoughYouChooseGoalWant

Education is all about igniting young minds and enabling them to attain their fullest potential.

Nita Ambani

EducationPotentialYoungFullest

That's my dream - to play Coachella... not as a guest but as me!

Noah Cyrus

MeDreamPlayGuest

I would rather put out two year-defining songs a year than flood the market with eight or nine songs.

Ryan Tedder

YearTwoOutFloodMarketWould

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