Jorge Luis Borges Quotes
The tango is a direct expression of something that poets have often tried to state in words: the belief that a fight may be a celebration.
Borges, Jorge Luis. "A History of the Tango." Evaristo Carriego. Translated by Norman Thomas di Giovanni, E.P. Dutton, 1984, p. 142.
Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator, and a key figure in Spanish-language and universal literature. His best-known books, Ficciones (Fictions) and El Aleph (The Aleph), published in the 1940s, are compilations of short stories interconnected by common themes, including dreams, labyrinths, philosophers, libraries, mirrors, fictional writers, and mythology. Borges' works have contributed to philosophical literature and the fantasy genre, and have been considered by some critics to mark the beginning of the magic realist movement in 20th century Latin American literature. His late poems converse with such cultural figures as Spinoza, Camões, and Virgil.