Mieczyslaw Kasprzyk

“I see a poem as a multi-coloured strip behind peeling plaster, in separate, shining fragments.”
― Stanisław Lem, Hospital of the Transfiguration

“I wanted to tell you that art is the most harmless activity of mankind. But I suddenly recalled that art was often used for propaganda purposes by totalitarian systems. I wanted to tell you about the extraordinary sensitivity of an artist, but I recalled that Hitler was a painter and Stalin used to write sonnets...
“Each scientific discovery opens doors behind which we are confronted with new closed doors. Art does not solve problems but makes us aware of their existence...”
― Magdalena Abakanowicz

“The end of the world changes everything, from a law-enforcement perspective.”
― Ben H. Winters, The Last Policeman

“it is the West’s provincialism, which leads it to perceive the rest of the continent as a failed copy of itself”
― Andrzej Stasiuk