Top Quotes & Sayings by Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Portuguese poet Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen.
Last updated on November 25, 2024.
Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen

Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen was a Portuguese poet and writer. Her remains have been entombed in the National Pantheon since 2014.

Poetry is my understanding with the world, my intimacy with things, my participation in what is real, my engagement with voices and images. This is why a poem speaks not of ideal life but of actual life: the angle of a window; the reverberation of streets, cities, rooms; shadows along a wall.
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