Salvatore Quasimodo's Quotes
Poetry is the revelation of a feeling that the poet believes to be interior and personal which the reader recognizes as his own.
Salvatore QuasimodoReligious poetry, civic poetry, lyric or dramatic poetry are all categories of man's expression which are valid only if the endorsement of formal content is valid.
Salvatore QuasimodoPoetry is also the physical self of the poet, and it is impossible to separate the poet from his poetry.
Salvatore QuasimodoHe passes from lyric to epic poetry in order to speak about the world and the torment in the world through man, rationally and emotionally. The poet then becomes a danger.
Salvatore QuasimodoWe wrote verses that condemned us, with no hope of pardon, to the most bitter solitude.
Salvatore Quasimodo