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Source text in Spanish

- «Aspiramos a ser lo que auténticamente somos, pero a medida que creemos lograrlo, nos invade el hartazgo de lo que realmente somos».

- «Los únicos brazos entre los cuales nos resignaríamos a pasar la vida son los brazos de las Venus que han perdido los brazos».

- «Una luz sin fuerza para llegar al suelo ribetea con tiza las molduras y las aristas de las casas, que tienen facha de haber dormido mal, y obliga a salir de entre sus sábanas a las nubes desnudas, que se envuelven en gasas amarillentas y verdosas y se ciñen, por último, una túnica blanca».

- «Jamás existirán caballos capaces de tirar un par de patadas que violenten, más rotundamente, las leyes de la perspectiva y posean, al mismo tiempo, un concepto más equilibrado de la composición, que el par de patadas que tiran los heroicos percherones de Paolo Uccello».

- «Nada ansío de nada, mientras dura el instante de eternidad que es todo, cuando no quiero nada».

- «Aunque se alteren todas nuestras concepciones sobre la Vida y la Muerte, ha llegado el momento de denunciar la enorme superchería de las "Meninas" que —siendo las propias "Meninas" de carne y hueso— colgaron un letrerito donde se lee Velázquez, para que nadie descubriera el auténtico y secular milagro de su inmortalidad».

- «La disección de los ojos de Monet hubiera demostrado que Monet poseía ojos de mosca; ojos forzados por innumerables ojitos que distinguen con nitidez los más sutiles matices de un color pero que, siendo ojos autónomos, perciben esos matices independientemente, sin alcanzar una visión sintética de conjunto».

- «El cúmulo de atorrantismo y de burdel, de uso y abuso de limpiabotas, de sensiblería engominada, de ojo en compota, de rebote y de tristeza sin razón —allí está la pampa... más allá del indio... la quena... el tamboril— que se espereza y canta en los acordes del tango que improvisa cualquier lunfardo».

- «Los cubistas salvaron a la pintura de las corrientes de aire, de los rayos de sol que amenazaban derretirla pero —al cerrar herméticamente las ventanas, que los impresionistas habían abierto en un exceso de entusiasmo— le suministraron tal cúmulo de recetas, una cantidad tan grande de ventosas que poco faltó para que la asfixiaran y la dejasen descarnada, como un esqueleto».

- «Los bustos romanos serían incapaces de pensar si el tiempo no les hubiera destrozado la nariz».

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- «La disección de los ojos de Monet hubiera demostrado que Monet poseía ojos de mosca; ojos forzados por innumerables ojitos que distinguen con nitidez los más sutiles matices de un color pero que, siendo ojos autónomos, perciben esos matices independientemente, sin alcanzar una visión sintética de conjunto».
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Translations of this segment (26 total; 26 unique)

The dissection of Monet's eyes would have revealed them to be the eyes of a fly: eyes doomed to being composed of innumerable tiny eyelets that discern with precision the subtlest shades of color but which, being autonomous, each perceives those shades independently of all the other eyelets, never achieving an integrated vision of the whole
Dissecting Monet’s eyes would have proved he possessed flies eyes; eyes compelled by countless little eyes that sharply distinguish the most subtle shades of a color, but that - being autonomous eyes - perceive those shades independently, without ever coming to a synthetic view of the whole
A dissection of Monet's eyes would have shown that he had the eyes of a fly; eyes composed of countless tiny eyes that clearly distinguish the most subtle nuances of a color but, being independent of each other, perceive these nuances independently, without achieving a synthetic vision of an entire image
Dissecting the eyes of Monet would have shown that he possessed the eyes of a fly; eyes forced by countless little eyes that sharply distinguish the most subtle nuances of a color but that, being self-contained eyes, perceive those nuances independently, without achieving an overall vision of the whole
The dissection of Monet's eyes would have revealed that he possessed the eyes of a fly; eyes made up of innumerable little eyes that clearly distinguished the most subtle nuances of a colour, but which, being autonomous, perceived these nuances independently, without achieving a concise, concerted vision
A dissection of Monet's eyes would have proved that he had the eyes of a fly - eyes driven by myriad smaller eyes that could clearly distinguish the subtlest nuances of a colour, but being independent eyes, they saw these nuances separately, and did not manage to gain an integral view of the whole
Were we to dissect Monet’s eyes, it would become clear that he had the eyes of a fly, made up of countless visual receptors that clearly distinguish the most subtle nuances of colour but, being independent structures, they perceive these nuances independently, without achieving a comprehensive overview
Dissecting Monet’s eyes would have revealed that Monet had eyes like a fly’s; eyes made up of countless tiny eyes that clearly discern a colour’s subtler nuances but that, being autonomous eyes, perceive those nuances independently of each other, without achieving a visual synthesis of the whole
A dissection of Monet's eyes would have revealed that Monet possessed a fly's eyes; eyes forged from countless little eyes that sharply distinguish the most subtle hues of a color, but that, being individual eyes, perceive those hues independently, without achieving a synthesized vision of the whole
A dissection of Monet's eyes would have proven that Monet possessed the eyes of a fly, eyes reinforced by innumerable tiny eyelets that precisely distinguished the subtle shades of a color but, being autonomous eyes, perceived those shades independently without achieving a visual synthesis of the whole
The dissection of Monet’s eyes would have demonstrated that Monet had fly’s eyes, eyes forced by countless tiny eyes that sharply distinguish the most subtle nuances of a colour, but being autonomous eyes, they perceive those nuances independently, without reaching a synthetic vision of the whole
The dissection of Monet's eyes would have proved that Monet had the eyes of a fly; eyes strained by innumberable little eyes that neatly distinguish the more subtle nuances of a color, but that, being autonomous eyes, they perceive those nuances independently, without reaching a synthetic view as a whole
Dissection of Monet’s eyes would have shown that he had fly eyes; eyes forced by myriads of little eyes that can clearly distinguish the most subtle shades of a colour but, being autonomous, they perceive those shades independently, without reaching a synthetic vision of the whole
Dissection of Monet's eyes would prove that Monet had eyes of a fly; eyes made up of countless little eyes which can sharply distinguish the most soft nuances of a colour but that, as they are self-reliant eyes, independently perceive those nuances without achieving a synthetic overview
If one were to dissect Monet’s eyes, one would surely find out that they are the eyes of a fly; eyes made up of innumerable eyes, each distinguishing in detail the most subtle nuances of colour, and each, self-sufficient and separate from the others, perceiving these nuances on its own, without ever reaching a vision of the whole
The dissection of Monet’s eyes would have shown, that Monet had the eyes of a fly; eyes pierced by countless little eyes, that distinguish with extreme sharpness the most subtle shades of a colour; - but being autonomous eyes they do receive these shades independently, thus never achieving a synthetic sight for the entirety
Dissection of Monet’s eyes would have shown that Monet had fly eyes; the eyes consisting of countless eyes that clearly distinguish the subtlest nuances of a color, but, being separate eyes, perceive these nuances independently, without reaching a synthetic vision of the ensemble
Dissecting Monet’s eyes would have shown that Monet was having fly eyes; eyes forced by countless little eyes which distinguish subtler nuances of a color but, being autonomous eyes, perceive those nuances independently, not achieving a synthesizing overall view
Dissecting Monet’s eyes would have shown that Monet had the eyes of a fly; eyes made up of countless eyes that clearly distinguish the most subtle nuances of a color, but being independent, perceive those nuances independently, without reaching a synthetically whole vision
The dissection of Monet’s eyes would have proved that Monet had the eyes of a fly; eyes forced by countless little eyes which detect neatly the most subtle nuances of a colour but, them being autonomous, perceive these colours independently, without achieving a synthetic vision as a whole
The direction of the Monet´s eyes would have shown that Monet had the eyes of a fly; eyes constrained by innumerable smaller eyes which clearly distinguish the most subtle shades of a color but which, being independent, perceive these shades distinctly, without arriving to a synthetic vision of the whole
If Monet's eyes had been disected, we would have discovered that Monet had a fly's eyes: eyes forced by uncountable small eyes to distinguish the most subtle shades of colour but that (being independent eyes) perceive these shades independently without achieving a synthetic view of the whole
Dissection of the eyes of Monet would have uncovered the fact that Monet possessed the eyes of a fly; eyes strained by countless little eyes that clearly distinguish the most subtle nuances of colour but which, being autonomous, would perceive these nuances independently without reaching a synthetic vision of the whole
The dissection of Monet’s eyes would have shown that he had the eyes of a fly; eyes forced by countless little eyes which can sharply tell the most subtle nuances of a color, yet, as independent eyes, perceive such nuances independently, never reaching a concise overview
Had Monet's eyes been dissected, they would have been proven to be those of a fly; strained eyes made up of countless tiny little eyes which, though capable of discerning the subtlest shades of a single hue, yet do so independently from one another, thus impeding the undivided visualization of the whole
A dissection of Monet’s eyes would have proved that Monet had fly eyes; eyes constrained by countless tiny eyes that can clearly tell apart the subtle shades of any color but which, because of being self-sufficient, perceive those shades independently, without achieving an overall synthetic view

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