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 Read Quote
Against the dark background of this contemporary civilization of well-being, even the arts tend to mingle, to lose their identity. Eugenio Montale Read Quote
Evidently the arts, all the visual arts, are becoming more democratic in the worst sense of the word. Eugenio Montale Read Quote
For my part, if I consider poetry as an object, I maintain that it is born of the necessity of adding a vocal sound (speech) to the hammering of the first tribal music. Eugenio Montale Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Slowly poetry becomes visual because it paints images, but it is also musical: it unites two arts into one. Eugenio Montale Read Quote
There is poetry even in prose, in all the great prose which is not merely utilitarian or didactic: there exist poets who write in prose or at least in more or less apparent prose; millions of poets write verses which have no connection with poetry. Eugenio Montale Read Quote
