Rubén Darío quotes

Rubén Darío was a Nicaraguan poet, journalist, and diplomat, widely regarded as the father of modernismo in Spanish literature. His innovative style and influence transformed Spanish-language poetry across Latin America and Spain. He is celebrated for his rich imagery, musicality, and profound impact on literary movements. Here are 7 of his quotes:

Sweet as sweetest Grecian honey will my song be when I sing, O Beloved, in the season of the Spring!

Rubén Darío

You are an Universe of Universes and your soul a source of songs.

Rubén Darío

The tree is happy because it is scarcely sentient; the hard rock is happier still, it feels nothing: there is no pain as great as being alive, no burden heavier than that of conscious life.

Rubén Darío

I seek a form that my style cannot discover, a bud of thought that wants to be a rose.

Rubén Darío

The America of Moctezuma and Atahualpa,the aromatic America of Columbus,Catholic America, Spanish America,the America where noble Cuauhtémoc said: "I am not on a bed of roses"-our America trembling with hurricanes, trembling with Love: O men with Saxon eyes and barbarous souls, our America lives. And dreams. And loves. And it is the daughter of the Sun. Be careful.

Rubén Darío

Blessed is the almost insensitive tree, more blessed is the hard stone that doesn't feel, for no pain is greater than the pain of being alive, and no sorrow more intense than conscious life.

Rubén Darío