“Poetic activity is born of desperation in the face of the impotence of the word and ends in recognition of the omnipotence of silence.”
—Octavio Paz, from “Recapitulations” in Alternating Current (Arcade Publishing, 1990)
“Poetic activity is born of desperation in the face of the impotence of the word and ends in recognition of the omnipotence of silence.”
—Octavio Paz, from “Recapitulations” in Alternating Current (Arcade Publishing, 1990)
Octavio Paz
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