One of the most interesting and versatile characters in Antioquia was Antonio José Restrepo, whose life stretched long enough to make him a miner, entrepreneur, lawyer, congressman, diplomat, journalist, philosopher, philologist, writer, popular-song compiler, distinguished orator, free thinker, cattle rancher, coffee farmer, composer, poet, troubadour and bohemian.
Una de las personalidades más interesantes y polifacéticas de Antioquia fue Antonio José Restrepo, a quien la vida le alcanzó para ser minero, empresario, abogado, congresista, diplomático, periodista, filósofo, filólogo, escritor, compilador de cantares populares, orador insigne, librepensador, ganadero, cafetero, compositor, poeta, trovador y bohemio.