Quotes by Mexican authors

Mexican FlagWelcome to Mexican Quotes, your source for the best as well as most motivating quotes from Mexico! Below you will find a collection of quotes from well-known Mexican writers, politicians, and also stars, in addition to daily individuals. Whether you are trying to find a quote to encourage you, to make you laugh, or to make you think, you will certainly locate it below. Discover our collection of Mexican quotes as well as find the perfect one for you!
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Small: To read a poem is to hear it with our eyes to hear it is to see it with our ears
"To read a poem is to hear it with our eyes; to hear it is to see it with our ears"
Octavio Paz, Poet
Small: I leave you my portrait so that you will have my presence all the days and nights that I am away from you
Frida Kahlo
"I leave you my portrait so that you will have my presence all the days and nights that I am away from you"
Frida Kahlo, Painter
Small: On the stage, you have to find truth, even if you have to lose the audience
"On the stage, you have to find truth, even if you have to lose the audience"
Anthony Quinn, Actor
Small: Oh, the Irish were building the railroads down through Mexico, through Chihuahua. They finished the railroads
"Oh, the Irish were building the railroads down through Mexico, through Chihuahua. They finished the railroads when they finished out in the West Coast, and they went down and put the trains into Mexico"
Anthony Quinn, Actor
Small: Now, Marlon and I - for some reason, even today - even today, we cant say two words to each other. We really c
"Now, Marlon and I - for some reason, even today - even today, we can't say two words to each other. We really can't talk to each other. You know, I say to him - Marlon can't talk. I mean, he'd talk to you. But he can't talk"
Anthony Quinn, Actor
Small: I studied all about Gauguin. He was a banker. He was a banker who - he used to paint on Sundays. And one day h
"I studied all about Gauguin. He was a banker. He was a banker who - he used to paint on Sundays. And one day he hated himself for painting on Sundays"
Anthony Quinn, Actor
Small: I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best
Frida Kahlo
"I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best"
Frida Kahlo, Painter
Small: Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly?
Frida Kahlo
"Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly?"
Frida Kahlo, Painter
Small: We all love Linux, but its also a fact that some people might not be able to migrate
"We all love Linux, but it's also a fact that some people might not be able to migrate"
Miguel de Icaza, Scientist
Small: I think that by October the whole company has to migrate to OpenOffice, and then I think its by June next year
"I think that by October the whole company has to migrate to OpenOffice, and then I think it's by June next year we all migrate to Linux - you don't want to migrate 6,000 people both operating system and office suite in a single jump"
Miguel de Icaza, Scientist
Small: Theyre getting more and more experience on what to expect, and the Hellboy audience is such a faithful and fan
"They're getting more and more experience on what to expect, and the Hellboy audience is such a faithful and fanatic audience as I am, and you have to really be very open about what you do"
Guillermo del Toro, Director
Small: And, of course, millions of us cross the border to work in US homes and gardens and factories and carpentry sh
"And, of course, millions of us cross the border to work in US homes and gardens and factories and carpentry shops and restaurants, and if you go to a restaurant pretty much anywhere in the United States, the chances are that the dishes will be washed by a Mexican"
Alma Guillermoprieto, Journalist
Small: The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrumen
"The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace"
Carlos Santana, Musician
Small: If I ever loved a woman, the more I loved her, the more I wanted to hurt her. Frida was only the most obvious
"If I ever loved a woman, the more I loved her, the more I wanted to hurt her. Frida was only the most obvious victim of this disgusting trait"
Diego Rivera, Artist
Small: I dont divide architecture, landscape and gardening to me they are one
"I don't divide architecture, landscape and gardening; to me they are one"
Luis Barragan, Architect
Small: Literature is the expression of a feeling of deprivation, a recourse against a sense of something missing.
"Literature is the expression of a feeling of deprivation, a recourse against a sense of something missing. But the contrary is also true: language is what makes us human. It is a recourse against the meaningless noise and silence of nature and history"
Octavio Paz, Poet
Small: Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two
"Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two"
Octavio Paz, Poet
Small: I never satisfied that kid but I think he and I have made a deal now
"I never satisfied that kid but I think he and I have made a deal now"
Anthony Quinn, Actor
Small: I never get the girl. I wind up with a country instead
"I never get the girl. I wind up with a country instead"
Anthony Quinn, Actor
Small: I mean, a Mexican boy couldnt be anything else but an Indian. And why did you take the name of Quinn, they use
"I mean, a Mexican boy couldn't be anything else but an Indian. And why did you take the name of Quinn, they used to say to me. Hey, you're an Indian, so I played Indians"
Anthony Quinn, Actor
Small: I have a son in Barcelona whom I am madly in love with
"I have a son in Barcelona whom I am madly in love with"
Anthony Quinn, Actor
Small: Writers, you know, are the beggars of Western society
"Writers, you know, are the beggars of Western society"
Octavio Paz, Poet
Small: Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone
"Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone"
Octavio Paz, Poet
Small: What distinguishes modern art from the art of other ages is criticism
"What distinguishes modern art from the art of other ages is criticism"
Octavio Paz, Poet
Small: We are condemned to kill time, thus we die bit by bit
"We are condemned to kill time, thus we die bit by bit"
Octavio Paz, Poet
Small: Man does not speak because he thinks he thinks because he speaks. Or rather, speaking is no different than thi
"Man does not speak because he thinks; he thinks because he speaks. Or rather, speaking is no different than thinking: to speak is to think"
Octavio Paz, Poet
Small: Deserve your dream
"Deserve your dream"
Octavio Paz, Poet
Small: Thirteen, 13 children, and I love - I love them all. And I think Ive been a good father to all of them
"Thirteen, 13 children, and I love - I love them all. And I think I've been a good father to all of them"
Anthony Quinn, Actor
Small: If we are a metaphor of the universe, the human couple is the metaphor par excellence, the point of intersecti
"If we are a metaphor of the universe, the human couple is the metaphor par excellence, the point of intersection of all forces and the seed of all forms. The couple is time recaptured, the return to the time before time"
Octavio Paz, Poet
Small: Social criticism begins with grammar and the re-establishing of meanings
"Social criticism begins with grammar and the re-establishing of meanings"
Octavio Paz, Poet
Small: Love is an attempt at penetrating another being, but it can only succeed if the surrender is mutual
"Love is an attempt at penetrating another being, but it can only succeed if the surrender is mutual"
Octavio Paz, Poet
Small: Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers... What we call art is a game
"Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers... What we call art is a game"
Octavio Paz, Poet
Small: Well, I mean, bread, I mean, Ive got to have bread too to live
"Well, I mean, bread, I mean, I've got to have bread too to live"
Anthony Quinn, Actor
Small: No parent is there forever. So I wont be here forever with these kids
"No parent is there forever. So I won't be here forever with these kids"
Anthony Quinn, Actor
Small: I mean, you know, actors lives - youre forgotten. Look at Barrymore, and look at all the great actors. Theyre
"I mean, you know, actors lives - you're forgotten. Look at Barrymore, and look at all the great actors. They're forgotten after awhile"
Anthony Quinn, Actor
Small: Bob Taylor and I playing brothers. And I was a Mexican bandit. And he was the sheriff of the town. And we love
"Bob Taylor and I playing brothers. And I was a Mexican bandit. And he was the sheriff of the town. And we loved each other. We loved each other very much"
Anthony Quinn, Actor
Small: Well, I mean, you have an emotion, you want to express it. You dont just look in the camera and do it.
"Well, I mean, you have an emotion, you want to express it. You don't just look in the camera and do it. You want to hide from the embarrassment of your brother saying you're not allowed to come into my town"
Anthony Quinn, Actor
Small: Well, I called him and I said, Mr. Wright, what can I do? Universal offered me a contract 300 a week. He says
"Well, I called him and I said, Mr. Wright, what can I do? Universal offered me a contract $300 a week. He says take it. You'll never get that money from me"
Anthony Quinn, Actor
Small: I lost my father was I 10 years old, and I always looked for a father. I missed my father very much
"I lost my father was I 10 years old, and I always looked for a father. I missed my father very much"
Anthony Quinn, Actor
Small: I have lived in a flurry of images, but I will go out in a freeze frame
"I have lived in a flurry of images, but I will go out in a freeze frame"
Anthony Quinn, Actor
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