I am a Mexican. The United States lived seventy-five years with the one party system in Mexico - the PRI - without batting an eyelid, never demanding democracy of Mexico. Democracy came because Mexicans fought for democracy and made a democracy out of our history, our possibilities, our perspectives. Democracy is not something that can be exported like Coca-Cola. It has to be bred from the inside, according to the culture, the conditions of each country.
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.
Login to join the discussion
Login to join the discussion