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But poets were not considered dangerous and they were advised to exercise self-censorship. At most, poets were requested not to write at all. I took advantage of this negative liberty.
— Eugenio Montale
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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
Tags: die, soul, poetry, great
Narrative art, the novel, from Murasaki to Proust, has produced great works of poetry.
— Eugenio Montale
Tags: novel, poetry, great, art
Against the dark background of this contemporary civilization of well-being, even the arts tend to mingle, to lose their identity.
— Eugenio Montale
Tags: well-being, dark, identity, lose
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
Tags: born, speech, poetry, music
Happiness, for you we walk on a knife edge. To the eyes you are a flickering light, to the feet, thin ice that cracks; and so may no one touch you who loves you.
— Eugenio Montale
Tags: you, light, happiness, eyes
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