Author: Eugenio Montale

Quotes

I have always knocked at the door of that wonderful and terrible enigma which is life.

I have always knocked at the door of that wonderful and terrible enigma which is life.

- Eugenio Montale

In reality art is always for everyone and for no one.

In reality art is always for everyone and for no one.

- Eugenio Montale

Narrative art, the novel, from Murasaki to Proust, has produced great works of poetry.

Narrative art, the novel, from Murasaki to Proust, has produced great works of poetry.

- Eugenio Montale

There is also poetry written to be shouted in a square in front of an enthusiastic crowd. This occurs especially in countries where authoritarian regimes are in power.

There is also poetry written to be shouted in a square in front of an enthusiastic crowd. This occurs especially in countries where authoritarian regimes are in power.

- Eugenio Montale

This proves that great lyric poetry can die, be reborn, die again, but will always remain one of the most outstanding creations of the human soul.

This proves that great lyric poetry can die, be reborn, die again, but will always remain one of the most outstanding creations of the human soul.

- Eugenio Montale

I am perhaps a late follower of Zoroaster and I believe that the foundation of life is built upon the struggle between the two opposing forces of Good and Evil.

I am perhaps a late follower of Zoroaster and I believe that the foundation of life is built upon the struggle between the two opposing forces of Good and Evil.

- Eugenio Montale

Slowly poetry becomes visual because it paints images, but it is also musical: it unites two arts into one.

Slowly poetry becomes visual because it paints images, but it is also musical: it unites two arts into one.

- Eugenio Montale

I do not go in search of poetry. I wait for poetry to visit me.

I do not go in search of poetry. I wait for poetry to visit me.

- Eugenio Montale

True poetry is similar to certain pictures whose owner is unknown and which only a few initiated people know.

True poetry is similar to certain pictures whose owner is unknown and which only a few initiated people know.

- Eugenio Montale

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