“ Poetry is the revelation of a feeling that the poet believes to be interior and personal which the reader recognizes as his own. Salvatore Quasimodo
“ The poet's spoken discourse often depends on a mystique, on the spiritual freedom that finds itself enslaved on earth. Salvatore Quasimodo
“ In opposition to this detachment, he finds an image of man which contains within itself man's dreams, man's illness, man's redemption from the misery of poverty - poverty which can no longer be for hi… Salvatore Quasimodo
“ War, I have always said, forces men to change their standards, regardless of whether their country has won or lost. Salvatore Quasimodo
“ The poet does not fear death, not because he believes in the fantasy of heroes, but because death constantly visits his thoughts and is thus an image of a serene dialogue. Salvatore Quasimodo
“ We wrote verses that condemned us, with no hope of pardon, to the most bitter solitude. Salvatore Quasimodo
“ He passes from lyric to epic poetry in order to speak about the world and the torment in the world through man, rationally and emotionally. The poet then becomes a danger. Salvatore Quasimodo
“ No, you listen! All my life, you've told me that the world is a dark, cruel place. But now I see that the only thing dark and cruel about it is people like you! Salvatore Quasimodo
“ Poetry is also the physical self of the poet, and it is impossible to separate the poet from his poetry. Salvatore Quasimodo
“ Religious poetry, civic poetry, lyric or dramatic poetry are all categories of man's expression which are valid only if the endorsement of formal content is valid. Salvatore Quasimodo
“ Thus, 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
