Poetry is not a genre in harmony with the modern world; its innermost nature is hostile or indifferent to the dogmas of modern times, progress and the cult of the future.

Create free wallpaper (Make a wallpaper or screensaver out of this quote with your image)

Poetry is not a genre in harmony with the modern world; its innermost nature is hostile or indifferent to the dogmas of modern times, progress and the cult of the future. - Octavio Paz

---

Related Authors
Alphonse de Lamartine | Emily Bronte | Moussa Faki | U Thant |

Related Quotes

Law 37: Create compelling spectacles

Robert Greene (The 48 Laws of Power)

Spectacles Create

---

Don't tell me women are not the stuff of heroes.

Qiu Jin

Women Heroes Stuff Tell

---

What you are experiencing right now cannot defeat you unless you allow it to.

Ismail Ibn Musa Menk (Mufti Menk)

Defeat you Allow Now

---

My philosophy is, unless you're sick and need help, why bother?

Jackie Collins

Bother Philosophy Sick Need

---

You really need to watch how people joke with you. People throw a lot of hate and jealousy on the low and cover it with a laugh

Erigga

People Joke Watch Hate

---

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

Oscar Wilde

Be yourself Everyone Taken

---

Those whom we first love we seldom marry

O. Henry

Love First Marry Seldom

---

A face freshly washed with soap and water is far more beautiful than one layered with cosmetics.

Bilal Philips

Beautiful Soap Face Cosmetics

---

Positive thinking breeds success.

Urijah Faber

Positive Thinking Breeds Success

---

The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.

Saint Augustine

Book Only Page Read

---

The cost of being wrong is less than the cost of doing nothing.

Seth Godin

Cost Wrong Less Nothing

---

If you think it costs too much to learn just know it would cost you much more to become

Kaffy

Too much Cost you Learn More

---

Poetry is not a genre in harmony with the modern world; its innermost nature is hostile or indifferent to the dogmas of modern times, progress and the cult of the future. - Kaffy quotes