The poet's task is to imagine that which does not exist. - Octavio Paz

"The poet's task is to imagine that which does not exist."

Octavio Paz Creativity

Poet Essayist Mexican 1914–1998

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"Love is an attempt at penetrating another being, but it can only partially succeed because we are all prisoners of our own consciousness."

"Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition."

"Man is a being who is trying to become."

"Every poem we read is a journey into ourselves."

"When life gives you lemons, make something beautiful."

"Creativity knows no bounds."

"Creativity is the expression of the soul."

"I'm making this up as I go."