"Slowly poetry becomes visual because it paints images, but it is also musical: it unites two arts into one"
- Eugenio Montale
About this Quote
This quote by Eugenio Montale talks to the power of poetry to unify two art types into one. He suggests that poetry is both visual and musical, developing a special type of expression that is greater than the amount of its parts. By painting vibrant images with words, poetry can produce a visual experience for the reader. At the exact same time, the rhythm and cadence of the words can develop a musical experience. This mix of visual and musical elements creates a powerful form of expression that can stimulate strong emotions in the reader. Montale's quote speaks with the power of poetry to develop a special kind of expression that is greater than the amount of its parts. By combining visual and musical aspects, poetry can create a powerful experience that can move and motivate the reader.
This quote is written / told by Eugenio Montale between October 12, 1896 and September 12, 1981. He/she was a famous Poet from Italy.
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"Concrete poets continue to turn out beautiful things, but to me they're more visual than oral, and they almost really belong on the wall rather than in a book. I haven't the least idea of where poetry is going"
"I think Ginsberg has done more harm to the craft that I honor and live by than anybody else by reducing it to a kind of mean that enables the most dubious practitioners to claim they are poets because they think, If the kind of thing Ginsberg does is poetry, I can do that"
