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The idea of modernity is beginning to lose its vitality. It is losing it because modernity is no longer a critical attitude but an accepted, codified convention.
Octavio Paz
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"The idea of modernity is beginning to lose its vitality. It is losing it because modernity is no longer a critical attitude but an accepted, codified convention."
— Octavio Paz

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The idea of modernity is beginning to lose its vitality. It is losing it because modernity is no longer a critical attitude but an accepted, codified convention. — Octavio Paz

About Octavio Paz

Octavio Paz was a Poet from Mexico (1914–1998).

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This quote is attributed to Octavio Paz, a Poet from Mexico.
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Octavio Paz lived from 1914 – 1998.