Like all of Latin America, Mexico after independence in 1821 turned its back on a triple heritage: on the Spanish heritage, because we were newly liberated colonies, and on our Indian and black heritages, because we considered them backward and barbaric. We looked towards France, England and the U.S., to become progressive democratic republics.
I have no literary fears. - Carlos Fuentes
I have no literary fears.
- Carlos Fuentes
Recognize yourself in he and she who are not like you and me. - Carlos Fuentes
Recognize yourself in he and she who are not like you and me.
Writing is a struggle against silence. - Carlos Fuentes
Writing is a struggle against silence.
Culture consists of connections, not of separations: to specialize is to isolate. - Carlos Fuentes
Culture consists of connections, not of separations: to specialize is to isolate.
The United States has written the white history of the United States. It now needs to write the black, Latino, Indian, Asian and Caribbean history of… - Carlos Fuentes
The United States has written the white history of the United States. It now needs to write the black, Latino, Indian, Asian and Caribbean history of…
chaos: it has no plural. - Carlos Fuentes
chaos: it has no plural.
Don't classify me, read me. I'm a writer, not a genre. - Carlos Fuentes
Don't classify me, read me. I'm a writer, not a genre.
Art gives life to what history killed. Art gives voice to what history denied, silenced, or persecuted. Art brings truth to the lies of history. - Carlos Fuentes
Art gives life to what history killed. Art gives voice to what history denied, silenced, or persecuted. Art brings truth to the lies of history.
I need, therefore I imagine. - Carlos Fuentes
I need, therefore I imagine.
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