Curated Quotations

Juan Goytisolo

Quotations

  • “Marks of Identity is, among other things, the expression of the process of alienation in a contemporary intellectual with respect to his own country.” -Juan Goytisolo

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  • “And it is because a series of elements in Spanish life which operate today the same way as they did in the times of Blanco White made obvious my relationship with him, based on a similarity in Spain’s condition.” -Juan Goytisolo

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  • “In my opinion, the most significant works of the twentieth century are those that rise beyond the conceptual tyranny of genre they are, at the same time, poetry, criticism, narrative, drama, etc.” -Juan Goytisolo

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  • “In times when religious or political faith or hope predominates, the writer functions totally in unison with society, and expresses society’s feelings, beliefs, and hopes in perfect harmony.” -Juan Goytisolo

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  • “When I write now I do not invent situation, characters, or actions, but rather structures and discursive forms, textual groupings which are combined according to secret affinities among themselves, as in architecture or the plastic arts.” -Juan Goytisolo

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