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
When everything is finished, the mornings are sad.
What do others think they see?
A hundred men together are the hundredth part of a man.
That in man which cannot be domesticated is not his evil but his goodness.
He who does not fill his world with phantoms remains alone.
Certainties are arrived at only on foot.
The chains that bind us the most closely are the ones we have broken.
You do not see the river of mourning because it lacks one tear of your own.
If you do not raise your eyes you will think you are the highest point.
Whatever I take, I take too much or too little; I do not take the exact amount. The exact amount is no use to me.