The spirit of the age is not synonymous with what the public likes. Mieczyslaw Jastrun More Quotes by Mieczyslaw Jastrun More Quotes From Mieczyslaw Jastrun Art cannot progress by sticking to what is already familiar. Mieczyslaw Jastrun familiar progress art The solitude of the poet is the uniqueness of his experience, and the particulaity of his sensitivity and imagination. Mieczyslaw Jastrun poet solitude imagination The public, regardless of its social origin, likes, above all, that which is easily accessible. Mieczyslaw Jastrun likes social 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 artist expression spiritual The demand that poetry be immediately understandable to everyone is truly absurd. Mieczyslaw Jastrun absurd demand poetry-is The age of sages is past; the age of specialists has come. Mieczyslaw Jastrun sage age past Talent--that is to say, the ability to see the world in a unique way--matures and grows in isolation. Mieczyslaw Jastrun unique way world Solitude is an essential element of poetry. Mieczyslaw Jastrun elements essentials solitude 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 kissing air trying 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 errors hands past 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 allies poet circles 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 discovery long blood 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 precious-possessions environment speak Tradition remains alive only when we struggle with it. Mieczyslaw Jastrun tradition alive struggle
