In the very end, civilizations perish because they listen to their politicians and not to their poets.
Jonas MekasI brought Yoko Ono to New York and gave her her first job there. I was editing a magazine called Film Culture.
Jonas MekasAs a film-maker and a poet, I feel it's my duty to be an eye and an antenna to what's happening around me. I always felt a solidarity with those who are desperate and confused and misused and are seeking a way out of it.
Jonas MekasIn a meadow full of flowers you cannot walk through and breathe those smells and see all those colors and remain angry. We have to support the beauty, the poetry of life.
Jonas Mekas