Juan Goytisolo Quotes

Juan Goytisolo — Spanish Poet

Juan Goytisolo is a Spanish poet, essayist, and novelist. He lives in Marrakech... (wikipedia)

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.

But the Spain which emerged around 1960, beginning with its economic miracle, created by the invasion of tourists, can no longer result in impassioned dedication on the part of its intellectuals, and even less on the part of foreign intellectuals.

The writer cannot abandon himself simply to inspiration, and feign innocence vis a vis language, because language is never innocent.

In the Europe which was created by the Second World War, divided into two blocks, each in need of a revolution that would end the abuses and injustices of capitalism and the privileges of a bureaucratic caste, collective faith does not exist.

As I began to discover my own truth and endeavored to possess it with clarity, I became more and more alienated from that which my companions held, or professed to hold.

Juan Goytisolo Quotes

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