"And it is because a series of elements……" — Juan Goytisolo
"And it is because a series of elements in Spanish life which operate today the same way as they did in the times of Blanco White made obvious my relationship with him, based on a similarity in Spain's condition."
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Juan Goytisolo
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17 Quotes by Juan Goytisolo
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The vitality of a culture is in its capacity to assimilate foreign influences. The culture that's defensive and closed condemns…
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But the Spain which emerged around 1960, beginning with its economic miracle, created by the invasion of tourists, can no…
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In times when religious or political faith or hope predominates, the writer functions totally in unison with society, and expresses…
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In the Europe which was created by the Second World War, divided into two blocks, each in need of a…
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And with each day that passed, the gulf broadened and my isolation became more accentuated. In such a situation, the…
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A contemporary artist can use the findings of all epochs and all styles, from the most primitive literary expressions up…
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Marks of Identity is, among other things, the expression of the process of alienation in a contemporary intellectual with respect…
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The writer cannot abandon himself simply to inspiration, and feign innocence vis a vis language, because language is never innocent.
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My exile was not only a physical one, motivated exclusively by political reasons; it was also a moral, social, ideological…
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As I began to discover my own truth and endeavored to possess it with CLARITY, I became more and more…
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I not only lived physically away from my native land, but the values and critical judgments of those closest to…
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In Count Julian I simply proposed to create a text which would allow for diverse levels of reading.
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