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But poets were not considered dangerous and they were advised to exercise self-censorship. At most, poets were requested not to write at all. I took advantage of this negative liberty. ↗

— Eugenio Montale

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Evidently the arts, all the visual arts, are becoming more democratic in the worst sense of the word. ↗

— Eugenio Montale

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Happiness, for you we walk on a knife edge. To the eyes you are a flickering light, to the feet, thin ice that cracks; and so may no one touch you who loves you. ↗

— Eugenio Montale

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I am perhaps a late follower of Zoroaster and I believe that the foundation of life is built upon the struggle between the two opposing forces of Good and Evil. ↗

— Eugenio Montale

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It has often been observed that the repercussion of poetic language on prose language can be considered a decisive cut of a whip. ↗

— Eugenio Montale

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However, poetry does not live solely in books or in school anthologies. ↗

— Eugenio Montale

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Narrative art, the novel, from Murasaki to Proust, has produced great works of poetry. ↗

— Eugenio Montale

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Poetry is the art which is technically within the grasp of everyone: a piece of paper and a pencil and one is ready. ↗

— Eugenio Montale

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The poet does not know - often he will never know - whom he really writes for. ↗

— Eugenio Montale

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There is also poetry written to be shouted in a square in front of an enthusiastic crowd. This occurs especially in countries where authoritarian regimes are in power. ↗

— Eugenio Montale

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