Mieczyslaw Jastrun Quotes & Sayings

The spirit of the age is not synonymous with what the public likes. — Mieczyslaw Jastrun

The demand that poetry be immediately understandable to everyone is truly absurd. — 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 tries to awaken them with a kiss, wherever they may be: in the air, in things, in human beings. — Mieczyslaw Jastrun

The history of the creative progress of individual artists shows that, along with their spiritual growth and the increasing complexity of their inner life, their forms of expression become more complex. — Mieczyslaw Jastrun

Art cannot progress by sticking to what is already familiar. — 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 various cultural and life processes. Instead of using their imagination, they try to read the future by observing the hands of a clock which is still busy measuring the past. — Mieczyslaw Jastrun

Talent
that is to say, the ability to see the world in a unique way
matures and grows in isolation. — Mieczyslaw Jastrun

The solitude of the poet is the uniqueness of his experience, and the particulaity of his sensitivity and imagination. — Mieczyslaw Jastrun

Solitude is an essential element of poetry. — Mieczyslaw Jastrun

From laboratories employing complex apparatus, poetry often emerges into the outside world after a long lapse of time, just as some scientific discoveries become common property only after they have entered the blood stream of the generations. — 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 with ourselves and with God. — Mieczyslaw Jastrun

The public, regardless of its social origin, likes, above all, that which is easily accessible. — Mieczyslaw Jastrun

Tradition remains alive only when we struggle with it. — Mieczyslaw Jastrun

The age of sages is past; the age of specialists has come. — 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. — Mieczyslaw Jastrun