Author: Salvatore Quasimodo

Quotes

War, I have always said, forces men to change their standards, regardless of whether their country has won or lost.

War, I have always said, forces men to change their standards, regardless of whether their country has won or lost.

- Salvatore Quasimodo

He passes from lyric to epic poetry in order to speak about the world and the torment in the world through man, rationally and emotionally. The poet then becomes a danger.

He passes from lyric to epic poetry in order to speak about the world and the torment in the world through man, rationally and emotionally. The poet then becomes a danger.

- Salvatore Quasimodo

The poet does not fear death, not because he believes in the fantasy of heroes, but because death constantly visits his thoughts and is thus an image of a serene dialogue.

The poet does not fear death, not because he believes in the fantasy of heroes, but because death constantly visits his thoughts and is thus an image of a serene dialogue.

- Salvatore Quasimodo

We wrote verses that condemned us, with no hope of pardon, to the most bitter solitude.

We wrote verses that condemned us, with no hope of pardon, to the most bitter solitude.

- Salvatore Quasimodo

Poetry is also the physical self of the poet, and it is impossible to separate the poet from his poetry.

Poetry is also the physical self of the poet, and it is impossible to separate the poet from his poetry.

- Salvatore Quasimodo

The writer of stories or of novels settles on men and imitates them; he exhausts the possibilities of his characters.

The writer of stories or of novels settles on men and imitates them; he exhausts the possibilities of his characters.

- Salvatore Quasimodo

Religious poetry, civic poetry, lyric or dramatic poetry are all categories of man's expression which are valid only if the endorsement of formal content is valid.

Religious poetry, civic poetry, lyric or dramatic poetry are all categories of man's expression which are valid only if the endorsement of formal content is valid.

- Salvatore Quasimodo

The poet's spoken discourse often depends on a mystique, on the spiritual freedom that finds itself enslaved on earth.

The poet's spoken discourse often depends on a mystique, on the spiritual freedom that finds itself enslaved on earth.

- Salvatore Quasimodo

Poetry is the revelation of a feeling that the poet believes to be interior and personal which the reader recognizes as his own.

Poetry is the revelation of a feeling that the poet believes to be interior and personal which the reader recognizes as his own.

- Salvatore Quasimodo

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