Don Colacho’s Aphorisms

The authentic vocation becomes indifferent to its failure or to its success. Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección , p. 437

The authentic individual cannot be added up; he can only be placed in order. Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección , p. 322

When faced with the assaults of caprice, authenticity needs to lay hold of principles to save itself. Principles are bridges over a life’s ...

Authentic intellectual seriousness does not frown, but smiles. Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección , p. 248

Rudeness is not a proof of authenticity, but of bad manners. Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección , p. 242

Vulgarity is born when authenticity is lost. Authenticity is lost when we search for it. Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección , p. 140

Since the authentic work of art is obviously original, the cultural illiterate imagines that the original work is necessarily a work of art....

In the arts what goes by the name of authenticity is the convention of the day. Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección , p. 75

The authenticity of the sentiment depends on the clarity of the idea. Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección , p. 29