Ricardo Piglia quotes

Ricardo Piglia quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“A body is a body, but only voices are capable of love”
-- Ricardo Piglia

Source : Ricardo Piglia, Sergio Waisman (2000). “The Absent City”, p.110, Duke University Press

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“Film is very much a universal and common voice, and we can't limit it to one particular culture.”

Source : Interview with Geoff Andrew, www.theguardian.com. April 28, 2005.
“I am the first instrument. I am the voice. I do not imitate other instruments. Other instruments imitate me.”
“I'm a vegetarian and very much active in regards to how I feel about animal rights and protecting animals and giving animals a voice. But at the same time, I appreciate and respect other people's decisions to eat meat. The only thing that I hope is that people are educated, that they're aware, that they're living a conscious lifestyle.”
“My voice is the only material thing in which I can still reveal myself. Go ahead and cut off the hand or the testicles of a voice. Try to find the head of a voice, the orifice through which it passes, or even the breasts to which you can attach the clips of your electrodes. Nothing. Resonant tooth.”
“When religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.”
“We forgot we have Holy Body not less than our Holy Spirit.”
“Melody has a certain way that it projects back to you. It triggers certain nerves in your body and certain instincts that normally wouldn't be triggered by a normal voice.”

Source : Interview with Spence D., www.ign.com. November 12, 2006.
“Parents are indeed capable of routinely torturing their children without anyone interceding.”
“I like to regard myself as someone who's capable of critical thought, that is to say, who can evaluate claims.”
“Strength does not make one capable of rule; it makes one capable of service.”

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