Consciousness even in my sleep changes primary colors. The features of my face melt like a wax doll in the fire. And who can consent to see in the mirror the mere face of man?
Czeslaw MiloszIt is impossible to communicate to people who have not experienced it the undefinable menace of total rationalism.
Czeslaw MiloszI am composed of contradictions, which is why poetry is a better form for me than philosophy
Czeslaw MiloszIt isn't pleasant to surrender to the hegemony of a nation which is still wild and primitive, and to concede the absolute superiority of its customs and institutions, science and technology, literature and art. Must one sacrifice so much in the name of the unity of mankind?
Czeslaw Milosz