The mind was dreaming. The world was its dream.
JORGE LUIS BORGESChang Tzu tells us of a persevering man who after three laborious years mastered the art of dragon-slaying. For the rest of his days, he had not a single opportunity to test his skills.
More Jorge Luis Borges Quotes
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Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.
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A writer should have another lifetime to see if he’s appreciated.
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Censorship is the mother of metaphor.
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I cannot sleep unless I am surrounded by books.
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Do you want to see what human eyes have never seen? Look at the moon. Do you want to hear what ears have never heard? Listen to the bird’s cry. Do you want to touch what hands have never touched? Touch the earth. Verily I say that God is about to create the world.
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The task of art is to transform what is continuously happening to us, to transform all of these things into symbols, into music, into something which can last in man’s memory. That is our duty. If we don’t fulfill it, we feel unhappy.
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Reality is partial to symmetry and slight anachronisms
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I believe that in time we will have reached the point where we will deserve to be free of government.
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From my weakness, I drew strength that never left me.
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The fact is that poetry is not the books in the library. Poetry is the encounter of the reader with the book, the discovery of the book.
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Man’s memory shapes Its own Eden within.
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If space is infinite, we may be at any point in space. If time is infinite, we may be at any point in time.
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In general, every country has the language it deserves.
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Art is endless like a river flowing, passing, yet remaining.
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My books standing there on the shelf do not know that I have written them.
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