Ernesto Sabato

Novelist Argentine 1911 – 2011

Argentine novelist known for The Tunnel.

375 quotes

"The artist who plays it safe has already failed."
Art
"In the end, we are all defined by the choices we make and the roads we refuse to travel."
Philosophy
"The writer's duty is to denounce injustice and expose the darkness of the human condition."
Literature
"We are all metaphysical beings trapped in physical bodies, searching for meaning in an indifferent universe."
Philosophy
"Loneliness is the price we pay for being conscious of our own existence."
Solitude
"Art is not decoration for your home; it is an instrument of war against brutality and darkness."
Art
"The human being is a mystery that cannot be solved by reason alone."
Wisdom
"We deceive ourselves constantly, pretending to understand what we do not understand at all."
Truth
"Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend."
Love
"Memory is a labyrinth where we lose ourselves repeatedly."
Time
"Faith is not certainty; it is hope in the face of uncertainty."
Faith
"The freedom we seek is often the freedom to destroy ourselves."
Freedom
"In the depths of despair, we discover who we truly are."
Courage
"Literature allows us to enter the minds of others and understand their suffering."
Literature
"Technology advances, but human nature remains fundamentally unchanged."
Technology
"The search for happiness often leads us away from true contentment."
Happiness
"Beauty exists not in perfection, but in the flaws that make us human."
Beauty
"We are condemned to be free, and freedom is a burden we cannot escape."
Freedom
"The universe is indifferent to our dreams and aspirations."
Dreams
"Imagination is the only weapon against the tyranny of reason."
Imagination
"History repeats itself because we refuse to learn from our mistakes."
History
"The greatest tragedy is not death, but a life unlived."
Death
"Knowledge without compassion is merely arrogance."
Knowledge
"We create meaning in a world that has none."
Philosophy
"The artist must be willing to bleed on the canvas to create truth."
Art
"Friendship is the rarest form of love, often overlooked for its quiet constancy."
Friendship
"Success without integrity is merely the victory of vice."
Success
"The human soul is a dark forest where even we cannot find our way."
Wisdom
"To write is to commit an act of rebellion against the silence of forgetting."
Literature
"Our deepest wounds become the source of our greatest insights."
Strength