Author: Eugenio Montale

Quotes

Man cannot produce a single work without the assistance of the slow, assiduous, corrosive worm of thought.

Man cannot produce a single work without the assistance of the slow, assiduous, corrosive worm of thought.

- 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

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

Poetry is the art which is technically within the grasp of everyone: a piece of paper and a pencil and one is ready.

Poetry is the art which is technically within the grasp of everyone: a piece of paper and a pencil and one is ready.

- 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

Mass communication, radio, and especially television, have attempted, not without success, to annihilate every possibility of solitude and reflection.

Mass communication, radio, and especially television, have attempted, not without success, to annihilate every possibility of solitude and reflection.

- 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

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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