Alejo Carpentier Professions : Novelist Born : December 26, 1904 Died : April 24, 1980 Browse All Authors Top 11 quotes by Alejo Carpentier I studied harmony and composition in a very spontaneous manner. Alejo Carpentier spontaneous harmony spontaneity In the Kingdom of Heaven, there is no grandeur to be won, inasmuch as there all is an established hierarchy, the unknown is revealed, existence is infinite, there is no possibility of sacrifice, all is rest and joy. For this reason, bowed down by suffering and duties, beautiful in the midst of his misery, capable of loving in the face of afflictions and trials, man finds his greatness, his fullest measure, only in The Kingdom of This World. Alejo Carpentier sacrifice greatness beautiful A day will come when man will discover an alphabet in the eyes of the chalcedonies, in the marking of the moth, and will learn in astonishment that every spotted snail has always been a poem. Alejo Carpentier alphabet eye men The truth was much more beautiful. Alejo Carpentier beautiful In America everything is fantastical. Alejo Carpentier america The concept of the marvelous begins to take form when it arises from an unexpected alteration of reality, the miracle. Alejo Carpentier take unexpected miracle reality I gladly accepted the commission but was uncertain about what the end result would be. On the one hand, Cuban music was conquering the world; being heard everywhere, and our small island was already producing one of the popular musical genres of the 20th century. Alejo Carpentier result end music world Those who have always had faith in its final success can do no less than rejoice as if it was our own triumph after five years of daily struggle to impose Cuban music on the European continent. Alejo Carpentier daily music faith success Even the pallid daughters of Albion forget for a moment their Pre-Raphaelite poses by burying themselves in the sonorous sortilege of the Antilles. Alejo Carpentier daughters even moment forget From the beginning, the sensation of the marvelous presupposes faith. Alejo Carpentier sensation beginning marvelous faith I had breathed in the atmosphere created by Henri Christophe, the monarch of incredible aims, much more surprising than all the kings invented by the surrealists. Alejo Carpentier than more atmosphere kings Similar Authors Adam Johnson novelist Ivan Goncharov novelist Binnie Kirshenbaum novelist Bruce Jay Friedman novelist Buchi Emecheta novelist Bryce Courtenay novelist All Authors
