Octavio Paz

"Amar es desnudarse de los nombres."

- Octavio Paz

"Amamos a un ser mortal como si fuese inmortal"

- Octavio Paz

"The sound of water is worth more than all the poets words."

- Octavio Paz

"The sound of water is worth more than all the poets' words."

- Octavio Paz

"The sound of water is worth more than all the poets’ words."

- Octavio Paz

"To read a poem is to hear it with our eyes; to hear it is to see it with our ears."

- Octavio Paz

"Todo es hoy. Todo está presente. Todo está, todo es aquí. Pero también todo está en otra parte y en otro tiempo. Fuera de sí y pleno de sí…"

- Octavio Paz

"What sets worlds in motion is the interplay of differences, their attractions and repulsions. Life is plurality, death is uniformity. By suppressing differences and peculiarities, by eliminating different civilizations and cultures, progress weakens life and favors death."

- Octavio Paz