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“Poetic talent doesn't operate in a vacuum. There is a spirit of Polish poetry.”

Wislawa Szymborska · Poetry

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Wislawa Szymborska

Solitude is very important in my work as a mode of inspiration, but isolation is not good in this respect. I am not writing poetry about isolation.

Poetry

Wislawa Szymborska

I cannot imagine any writer who would not fight for his peace and quiet.

Peace

Wislawa Szymborska

In the language of poetry, where every word is weighed, nothing is usual or normal. Not a single stone and not a single cloud above it. Not a single day and not a single night after it. And above all, not a single existence, not anyone's existence in this world.

Poetry

Wislawa Szymborska

Any knowledge that doesn't lead to new questions quickly dies out: it fails to maintain the temperature required for sustaining life.

Knowledge