Europeans know the importance of the Resistance; it has been the shining example of the modern conscience. Salvatore Quasimodo Read Quote
The Resistance is a moral certainty, not a poetic one. The true poet never uses words in order to punish someone. His judgment belongs to a creative order; it is not formulated as a prophetic scripture. Salvatore Quasimodo Read Quote
Religious power, which, as I have already said, frequently identifies itself with political power, has always been a protagonist of this bitter struggle, even when it seemingly was neutral. Salvatore Quasimodo Read Quote
The antagonism between the poet and the politician has generally been evident in all cultures. Salvatore Quasimodo Read Quote
In opposition to this detachment, he finds an image of man which contains within itself man’s dreams, man’s illness, man’s redemption from the misery of poverty – poverty which can no longer be for him a sign of the acceptance of life. Salvatore Quasimodo Read Quote
The poet’s spoken discourse often depends on a mystique, on the spiritual freedom that finds itself enslaved on earth. Salvatore Quasimodo Read Quote
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 Read Quote
War, I have always said, forces men to change their standards, regardless of whether their country has won or lost. Salvatore Quasimodo Read Quote
According to them, the poet is confined to the provinces with his mouth broken on his own syllabic trapeze. Salvatore Quasimodo Read Quote
