“To say plainly what one thinks or feels about things is, for certain temperaments, a necessity.”

Original: Decir buenamente lo que se piensa o se siente de las cosas, es para ciertos temperamentos una necesidad. — Presenting expression as an inward necessity rather than a literary pose · Preface, La guerra literaria (Spanish)

• Emotion
• Sincerity
• Writing

“Aesthetic theories have always been made from works of art, never the other way round.”

Original: Las estéticas se han hecho siempre sobre las obras de arte, y nunca viceversa. — Arguing that artistic theory should arise from artworks rather than dictate them · Article, Los jóvenes del Ultra, 1919 (Spanish)

• Art
• Creativity
• Criticism

“I cannot understand how it is possible to talk so much in order to say something.”

Original: No concibo cómo para decir algo sea posible hablar tanto. — Praising economy and directness in expression · Preface, La guerra literaria (Spanish)

• Communication
• Simplicity
• Style