The antagonism between the poet and the politician has generally been evident in all cultures.
Salvatore QuasimodoFrom the night, his solitude, the poet finds day and starts a diary that is lethal to the inert. The dark landscape yields a dialogue.
Salvatore QuasimodoPoetry is also the physical self of the poet, and it is impossible to separate the poet from his poetry.
Salvatore QuasimodoThus, the poet's word is beginning to strike forcefully upon the hearts of all men, while absolute men of letters think that they alone live in the real world.
Salvatore Quasimodo