Jose Marti Quotes on Art
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Oh, what company good poets are!
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Terrible times in which priests no longer merit the praise of poets and in which poets have not yet begun to be priests.
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A grain of poetry suffices to season a century.
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Poetry is the work of the bard and of the people who inspire him.
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Yo soy un hombre sincero De donde crece la palma Y antes de morirme quiero Echar mis versos del alma.
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I come from all places and to all places I go: I am art among the arts and mountain among mountains. I know the strange names of flowers and herbs and of fatal deceptions and magnificent griefs. In night's darkness I've seen raining down on my head pure flames, flashing rays of beauty divine.
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My poems are like a dagger Sprouting flowers from the hilt; My poetry is like a fountain Sprinkling streams of coral water.
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My poems please the brave: My poems, short and sincere, Have the force of steel Which forges swords.