Antonio Porchia
Antonio Porchia
Antonio Porchiawas an Argentinian poet. He was born in Conflenti, Italy, but, after the death of his father in 1900, moved to Argentina. He wrote a Spanish book entitled Voces, a book of aphorisms. It has since been translated into Italian and into English, French, and German. A very influential, yet extremely succinct writer, he has been a cult author for a number of renowned figures of contemporary literature and thought such as André Breton, Jorge Luis Borges, Roberto Juarroz...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth13 November 1886
CountryItaly
Man, when he does not grieve, hardly exists.
You can owe nothing, if you give back its light to the sun.
When I die, I will not see myself die, for the first time.
If you do not raise your eyes you will think that you are the highest point.
He who has seen everything empty itself is close to knowing what everything is filled with.
Out of a hundred years a few minutes were made that stayed with me, not a hundred years.
They have stopped deceiving you, not loving you. And it seems to you that they have stopped loving you.
My poverty is not complete: it lacks me.
My final belief is suffering. And I begin to believe that I do not suffer.
He who tells the truth says almost nothing.
The confession of one man humbles all.
No one is a light unto himself, not even the sun.
I began my comedy as its only actor and I come to the end as its only spectator.
The children whom nobody leads by the hand are the children who know they are children.