Eugenio Montale Quotes

The poet does not know - often he will never know - whom he really writes for.
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.
There is poetry even in prose, in all the great prose which is not merely utilitarian or didactic: there exist poets who write in prose or at least in more or less apparent prose; millions of poets write verses which have no connection with poetry.
This proves that great lyric poetry can die, be reborn, die again, but will always remain one of the most outstanding creations of the human soul.
Today not even a universal fire could make the torrential poetic production of our time disappear. But it is exactly a question of production, that is, of hand-made products which are subject to the laws of taste and fashion.
Too many lives are needed to make just one.
True poetry is similar to certain pictures whose owner is unknown and which only a few initiated people know.
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Eugenio Montale
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BirthDate
12 October, 1896
DeathDate
12 September, 1981
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Italy
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