Salvatore Quasimodo Quotes

The Resistance is a moral certainty, not a poetic one. The true poet never uses words in order to punish someone. His judgment belongs to a creative order; it is not formulated as a prophetic scripture.
Salvatore Quasimodo

The writer of stories or of novels settles on men and imitates them; he exhausts the possibilities of his characters.
Salvatore Quasimodo

Thus, the poet's word is beginning to strike forcefully upon the hearts of all men, while absolute men of letters think that they alone live in the real world.
Salvatore Quasimodo

War, I have always said, forces men to change their standards, regardless of whether their country has won or lost.
Salvatore Quasimodo

We wrote verses that condemned us, with no hope of pardon, to the most bitter solitude.
Salvatore Quasimodo

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Salvatore Quasimodo Quotes

Type: Author Quotes Category: Italian Author Quotes Date of Birth: August 20, 1901 Year of Death: 1968 Nationality: Italian Find on Amazon: Salvatore Quasimodo Related Authors: Zig Ziglar Tony Robbins Mark Twain C. S. Lewis Helen Keller Henry David Thoreau Joseph Campbell Anais Nin Brian Tracy	1 - 2 The Resistance is a moral certainty, not a poetic one. The true poet never uses words in order to punish someone. His judgment belongs to a creative order; it is not formulated as a prophetic scripture. Salvatore Quasimodo The writer of stories or of novels settles on men and imitates them; he exhausts the possibilities of his characters. Salvatore Quasimodo Thus, the poet's word is beginning to strike forcefully upon the hearts of all men, while absolute men of letters think that they alone live in the real world. Salvatore Quasimodo War, I have always said, forces men to change their standards, regardless of whether their country has won or lost. Salvatore Quasimodo We wrote verses that condemned us, with no hope of pardon, to the most bitter solitude. Salvatore Quasimodo 1 - 2