Who said "The work defines the worker, not the other way around."?

This quote is attributed to Octavio Paz.

The work defines the worker, not the other way around. - Octavio Paz

"The work defines the worker, not the other way around."

Octavio Paz Work

Poet Essayist Mexican 1914–1998

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

"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."

"Hard work never killed anybody."

"Work with purpose and integrity."

"Hard work pays off in the end."

"A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do."