Literary Birthday – 26 July – Antonio Machado

Antonio Machado was born on 26 July 1875 and died on 22 February 1939.

Antonio Machado Quotes

1. In order to write poetry, you must first invent a poet who will write it.
2. Traveller, there is no path – Paths are made by walking.
3. Don’t try to rush things: for the cup to run over, it must first be filled.
4. My philosophy is fundamentally sad, but I’m not a sad man, and I don’t believe I sadden anyone else. In other words, the fact that I don’t put my philosophy into practice saves me from its evil spell, or, rather, my faith in the human race is stronger then my intellectual analysis of it; there lies the fountain of youth in which my heart is continually bathing.
5. Beyond living and dreaming there is something more important. Waking up.

Antonio Machado was was an outstanding Spanish poet and playwright one of the leading figures of the Spanish literary movement known as the Generation of ‘98. Machado received a doctoral degree in literature in Madrid, attended the Sorbonne, and became a secondary school French teacher. His works are available in Border of a Dream: Selected Poems of Antonio Machado.

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by Amanda Patterson
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