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When a society decays, it is language that is first to become gangrenous. As a result, social criticism begins with grammar and the re-establishing of meanings

When a society decays, it is language that is first to become gangrenous. As a result, social criticism begins with grammar and the re-establishing of meanings

Octavio Paz
Criticism, Decay, Firsts
Octavio Paz (1985). “The Labyrinth of Solitude: And the Other Mexico ; Return to the Labyrinth of Solitude ; Mexico and the United States ; The Philanthropic Ogre”, p.263, Grove Press

What distinguishes modern art from the art of other ages is criticism.

Octavio Paz
Art, Criticism, Age
Octavio Paz (1973). “Alternating Current”, p.20, Arcade Publishing

Social criticism begins with grammar and the re-establishing of meanings.

Octavio Paz
Criticism, Social, Grammar
Octavio Paz (1985). “The Labyrinth of Solitude: And the Other Mexico ; Return to the Labyrinth of Solitude ; Mexico and the United States ; The Philanthropic Ogre”, p.263, Grove Press

Cubism had been an analysis of the object and an attempt to put it before us in its totality; both as analysis and as synthesis, it was a criticism of appearance. Surrealism transmuted the object, and suddenly a canvas became an apparition: a new figuration, a real transfiguration.

Octavio Paz
Real, Criticism, Analysis
Octavio Paz (1973). “Alternating Current”, p.31, Arcade Publishing

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