“I do not turn to history to draw from it an easy lesson of hope, but to confront my experience with that of others, to acquire something I might call universal compassion, and also a sense of responsibility, responsibility for… — Zbigniew Herbert Copy Share Image
Inanimate objects are always correct and cannot, unfortunately, be reproached with anything. I have never observed a chair shift from one foot to another,… — Zbigniew Herbert Copy Share Image
“Ubrzo sam shvatio da u meni postoje dva Akropolja, dnevni i noćni. Prvi je bio analitičan, s vodičevom glavom. Provera plana, istraživanje strukture celine,… — Zbigniew Herbert Copy Share Image
“Grčki pejzaž mi se obratio patetičnim glasom mita i tragedije. Bio je to dominantan utisak. Nametljivo prisustvo gole zemlje, veoma izreckanih stenovitih masa, pojačano… — Zbigniew Herbert Copy Share Image
And if the City falls and one survives he shall carry the City within on the roads of exile he shall be the City — Zbigniew Herbert Copy Share Image
Be courageous when the mind deceives you Be courageous In the final account only this is important — Zbigniew Herbert Copy Share Image
“when the Lord built the world he furrowed his brow calculated calculated calculated that is why the world is perfect and uninhabitable instead the… — Zbigniew Herbert Copy Share Image
I could write a treatise on the sudden transformation of life into archaeology — Zbigniew Herbert Copy Share Image
Even if we love someone very much, at times it happens that we forget about it. — Zbigniew Herbert Copy Share Image
“Sa teme pejzaža pero mi je često klizilo u oblast legendi i istorije. Tu vezu koja postoji između pejzaža Grčke, njene umetnosti i verovanja… — Zbigniew Herbert Copy Share Image
“Svoje dogodovštine zabavno opisuje engleski crtač Edvard Dodvel. Radio je na Akropolju, koristeći camera obscura - prototip fotografskog aparata koji je davao umanjenu sliku… — Zbigniew Herbert Copy Share Image
forgive me also that I didn't fight like Lord Byron for the happiness of captive peoples that I watched only risings of the moon… — Zbigniew Herbert Copy Share Image
