Octavio Paz Quotes

Changes in our aesthetic tastes have no value or meaning in and of themselves; what has value and meaning is the idea of change itself. Or, better stated: not change in and of itself, but change as an agent or inspiration of modern creations.

Octavio Paz

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ChangeValueBetterAestheticModern

After I sang 'Back Home In Indiana' the first time, I became a Hoosier.

Jim Nabors

HomeTimeBackFirst TimeFirst

I can see there's a connection between not following normal thinking and doing creative thinking. I wouldn't have had good scientific ideas if I had thought more normally.

John Forbes Nash, Jr.

GoodCreativeIdeasThinkingThought

What's endlessly complicated in thinking about women's gymnastics is the way that vulnerability and power are threaded through the sport.

Meghan O'Rourke

WomenPowerThinkingComplicatedWay

I like Chanel and Yves Saint Laurent. I have some great Balenciaga jackets and I'm shoe crazy.

Melanie Laurent

GreatCrazyShoeJacketsLikeSome

If you are interested enough in the climate crisis to read this post, you probably know that 2 degrees Centigrade of warming (or 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) is the widely acknowledged threshold for "dangerous" climate change.

Jeff Goodell

ChangeEnoughYouDangerousKnow

I've always been a fan of issues around race and racialism, and I've loved playing with it. People act as though it isn't an issue, but it's a recurring theme in our lives globally.

Trevor Noah

PeopleLovedRaceAlwaysThemeAct

We're all men, not machines. We make mistakes.

Tony La Russa

MenMistakesMachinesMake

Mandy Sutter's 'Bush Meat' triumphs in its lean prose and true dialogue, in its disarming humour, in its evocation of a family divided by sexism and racism in 1960s Nigeria.

Rory MacLean

FamilyRacismTrueMeatHumourLean

I don't worry about my age. God gave me strength and the ability to keep playing.

Miguel Cabrera

StrengthGodAgeMeWorryAbility

I had worked for George Bush as a speechwriter, and I read a lot of White House memoirs. They all have two themes: 'It Wasn't My Fault' and 'It Would Have Been Much Worse if I Hadn't Been There.'

Christopher Buckley

HouseWhiteTwoFaultWhite House

It gives me vertigo to watch TV dramas.

Bruno Heller

MeWatchVertigoTVGivesDramas

I've played 100 caps for England, for my country. Being the first black player, I think, is amazing.

Ashley Cole

AmazingBlackThinkCountryFirst

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