Octavio Paz Quotes

The characteristic feature of modernity is criticism: what is new is set over and against what is old, and it is this constant contrast that constitutes the continuity of tradition.

Octavio Paz

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: mexican
  • Birth: March 31, 1914 - April 19, 1998

Topics

CriticismTraditionNewOldContrast

People say, 'Why don't you just paint with paintbrushes?' I say that I feel more connected to my painting using my skin. It's very tribal in a way - savage!

Meredith Ostrom

PeoplePaintingFeelYouSkinSay

I lost years of my life to prison because of two-dimensional and misogynist stereotypes.

Amanda Knox

LifePrisonMy LifeLostStereotypes

I don't want to be so confident in myself.

Robert Downey, Jr.

MyselfConfidentWant

What I'm really looking to do is retire undefeated; I'm not sure when the right time to retire will be, but I know that I'm not done yet. Something still feels unfinished, and that's why I'm going to keep going.

Ronda Rousey

TimeKeep GoingLookingRight Time

Let there be no mistake, Hamas is a ruthless terrorist organization.

Lois Capps

MistakeOrganizationRuthlessHamas

I've never been very successful in a monogamous relationship, but I'm looking forward to the day when I can assume that responsibility.

Don Johnson

RelationshipResponsibilityDayI Can

Social realism takes research.

Debra Granik

ResearchSocialRealismTakes

We can't afford to leave Afghanistan to the Taliban and the terrorists.

Condoleezza Rice

AfghanistanLeaveTalibanAfford

I talk to business; I talk to labor. I talk to everybody.

Suzan DelBene

BusinessLaborTalkEverybody

The different foods and cultures and geography and art - I could spend my lifetime traveling around India and still not fully know it.

Shenaz Treasury

ArtIndiaKnowGeographyCultures

If you think the United States has stood still, who built the largest shopping center in the world?

Richard M. Nixon

ShoppingWorldThinkYouCenterWho

You have to accept that when you don't get the part, it's to do with all sorts of reasons completely beyond your control, unless you know it's because you weren't prepared.

Lydia Leonard

ControlYouKnowAcceptBeyondGet

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