It is a grave error for historians of literature to interpret the national spirit of the age in an oversimplified manner, ignoring… — Mieczyslaw Jastrun Copy Share Image
Environment grinds us, forces us to adjust, and--consciously or not--kills our most precious possession: that something which enables us to speak with ourselves and… — Mieczyslaw Jastrun Copy Share Image
The history of the creative progress of individual artists shows that, along with their spiritual growth and the increasing complexity of their inner life,… — Mieczyslaw Jastrun Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Talent--that is to say, the ability to see the world in a unique way--matures and grows in isolation. — Mieczyslaw Jastrun Copy Share Image
The solitude of the poet is the uniqueness of his experience, and the particulaity of his sensitivity and imagination. — Mieczyslaw Jastrun Copy Share Image
In the end, time is the best ally of poets. It clarifies their works and makes them accessible to an ever widening circle of… — Mieczyslaw Jastrun Copy Share Image
It is a grave error for historians of literature to interpret the national spirit of the age in an oversimplified manner, ignoring the complexity… — Mieczyslaw Jastrun Copy Share Image
From laboratories employing complex apparatus, poetry often emerges into the outside world after a long lapse of time, just as some scientific discoveries become… — Mieczyslaw Jastrun Copy Share Image
The demand that poetry be immediately understandable to everyone is truly absurd. — Mieczyslaw Jastrun Copy Share Image
