Poetry, in the entire course of its development, has always been trying to capture meanings and problems which are still obscure and dormant. Poetry tries to awaken them with a kiss, wherever they may be: in the air, in things, in human beings.
Art cannot progress by sticking to what is already familiar. - Mieczyslaw Jastrun
Art cannot progress by sticking to what is already familiar.
- Mieczyslaw Jastrun
The spirit of the age is not synonymous with what the public likes. - Mieczyslaw Jastrun
The spirit of the age is not synonymous with what the public likes.
From laboratories employing complex apparatus, poetry often emerges into the outside world after a long lapse of time, just as some scientific discov… - Mieczyslaw Jastrun
From laboratories employing complex apparatus, poetry often emerges into the outside world after a long lapse of time, just as some scientific discov…
It is a grave error for historians of literature to interpret the national spirit of the age in an oversimplified manner, ignoring the complexity of … - Mieczyslaw Jastrun
It is a grave error for historians of literature to interpret the national spirit of the age in an oversimplified manner, ignoring the complexity of …
Environment grinds us, forces us to adjust, and--consciously or not--kills our most precious possession: that something which enables us to speak wit… - Mieczyslaw Jastrun
Environment grinds us, forces us to adjust, and--consciously or not--kills our most precious possession: that something which enables us to speak wit…
The solitude of the poet is the uniqueness of his experience, and the particulaity of his sensitivity and imagination. - Mieczyslaw Jastrun
The solitude of the poet is the uniqueness of his experience, and the particulaity of his sensitivity and imagination.
The demand that poetry be immediately understandable to everyone is truly absurd. - Mieczyslaw Jastrun
The demand that poetry be immediately understandable to everyone is truly absurd.
Poetry, in the entire course of its development, has always been trying to capture meanings and problems which are still obscure and dormant. Poetry … - Mieczyslaw Jastrun
Poetry, in the entire course of its development, has always been trying to capture meanings and problems which are still obscure and dormant. Poetry …
In the end, time is the best ally of poets. It clarifies their works and makes them accessible to an ever widening circle of readers. - Mieczyslaw Jastrun
In the end, time is the best ally of poets. It clarifies their works and makes them accessible to an ever widening circle of readers.
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