Top 4 Quotes & Sayings by Pablo Antonio Cuadra

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Nicaraguan essayist Pablo Antonio Cuadra.

Last updated on November 8, 2024.

Pablo Antonio Cuadra was a Nicaraguan essayist, art and literary critic, playwright, graphic artist and one of the most famous poets of Nicaragua.

Nicaraguan - Essayist | November 4, 1912 - January 2, 2002

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Let us be clear: censorship is cowardice. ... It masks corruption. It is a school of torture: it teaches, and accustoms one to the use of force against an idea, to submit thought to an alien "other." But worst still, censorship destroys criticism, which is the essential ingredient of culture.

Pablo Antonio Cuadra

The human condition ... is defined by the aspiration to always supersede oneself, which in turn requires nonconformity.

Pablo Antonio Cuadra

Hypocrisy, false labels, can create slogans but no poems; propaganda but not life: there are no roots, there are no realities to nurture creative work.

Pablo Antonio Cuadra

Any revolution which denies the right to criticize is bound to wallow in stagnation and backwardness.

Pablo Antonio Cuadra