All uncertainty is fruitfull ... so long as it is accompanied by the wish to understand
Antonio MachadoRead
What the poet is searching for_x000D_ is not the fundamental I_x000D_ but the deep you.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote emphasizes the poet's quest to explore the essence of others rather than focusing solely on themselves.
Antonio Machado's quote reflects the profound connection that poets seek with their subjects and their readers. It suggests that poetry is not merely an expression of personal identity or feelings but rather a deeper exploration of the human experience, seeking to capture the essence of 'you'—the audience or the individuals portrayed—highlighting the significance of empathy and understanding in artistic expression.
Themes
PoetSearchingDeepYouEssence
In practice
Example use cases
In a poetry workshop discussing the connections between poets and their subjects.
More from Antonio Machado
All quotes →Has my heart gone to sleep? Have the beehives of my dreams stopped working, the waterwheel of the mind run dry, scoops turning empty, only shadow inside? No, my heart is not asleep. It is awake, wide awake. Not asleep, not dreaming— its eyes are opened wide watching distant signals, listening on the rim of vast silence
Antonio MachadoRead
No one can shed light on vices he does not have or afflictions he has ever experienced.
Antonio MachadoRead
XXIX Traveler, there is no path. The path is made by walking. Traveller, the path is your tracks And nothing more. Traveller, there is no path The path is made by walking. By walking you make a path And turning, you look back At a way you will never tread again Traveller, there is no road Only wakes in the sea.
Antonio MachadoRead
I. Don't trace out your profile-- forget your side view-- all that is outer stuff. II. Look for your other half who walks always next to you and tends to be who you aren't.
Antonio MachadoRead
Life is the path you beat while you walk it It's the walking that beats the path It is not the path that makes the walk
Antonio MachadoRead
Similar quotes
When he moves, a streetlight stabs him, and the words flow out like blood.
Markus ZusakRead
I do - very specifically, I remember Bessie Smith; I used to collect 78 records that I would buy from the St Vincent de Paul store at five cents apiece, and I did this indiscriminately. I would just take whatever was there. And I listened to Patti Page and Walter Huston, 'September Song.'
August WilsonRead
Look, Salvador Dali did not paint because he needed the money. No conversation about materialism and music makes sense. You make music and that's that, it doesn't matter why.
Robert PlantRead
God does not ask for 'religious' art or 'Catholic' art. The art he wants for himself is Art, with all its teeth
Jacques MaritainRead
Prose is something that is persistent in staying in one place long enough to not only zero in on the dramatic effect of something that might have happened, or something that might have been seen, but also in watching how it played out and thinking about the cause and the effect.
Tracy K. SmithRead
The first thing you have to consider when writing a novel is your story, and then your story - and then your story!
Ford Madox FordRead