César Vallejo Quotes

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Intellectuals are rebels, not revolutionaries.

César Vallejo

I shall die in Paris, in a rainstorm,
On a day I already remember.
I shall die in Paris—it does not bother me—
Doubtless on a Thursday, like today, in autumn.

César Vallejo

Aviation in air, in water and in spirit. Its laws are different in all three cases. The spirit soars the more it weighs and sinks into itself. The heavier the spirit, the higher and farther it flies.

César Vallejo

The arts (painting, poetry, etc.) are not just these. Eating, drinking, walking are also arts; every act is an art.

César Vallejo

Mechanics is a means or discipline for the realization of life, but not life itself. It ought to carry us to life itself.

César Vallejo

The pure and poorly adapted one who crashed against the world of fakes and cheats.

César Vallejo

César Vallejo

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Born: March 16, 1892

Died: April 15, 1938 (aged 46)

Bio: César Abraham Vallejo Mendoza was a Peruvian poet, writer, playwright, and journalist. Although he published only three books of poetry during his lifetime, he is considered one of the great poetic innovators of the 20th century in any language.

Known for:

Trilce (1922)
Los Heraldos Negros (1919)
Poemas Humanos
Paco Yunque
España, aparta de mí este cáliz

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