Facts about Czeslaw Milosz

Occup.Poet
BornJune 30, 1911
DiedAugust 14, 2004
Aged93 years

Summary

Czeslaw Milosz was a famous Poet, who lived between June 30, 1911 and August 14, 2004. He/she became 93 years old.

Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac cancer, who is known for Emotion, Diplomatic, Intensity, Impulsive, Selective. Our collection contains 6 quotes who is written / told by Czeslaw.

Related authors: Stanislaw Lec (Poet), Joseph Brodsky (Poet)

6 Famous quotes by Czeslaw Milosz

Small: Grow your tree of falsehood from a small grain of truth. Do not follow those who lie in contempt of rea
"Grow your tree of falsehood from a small grain of truth. Do not follow those who lie in contempt of reality. Let your lie be even more logical than the truth itself, so the weary travelers may find repose"
Small: The voice of passion is better than the voice of reason. The passionless cannot change history
"The voice of passion is better than the voice of reason. The passionless cannot change history"
Small: What is poetry which does not save nations or people?
"What is poetry which does not save nations or people?"
Small: It is impossible to communicate to people who have not experienced it the undefinable menace of total r
"It is impossible to communicate to people who have not experienced it the undefinable menace of total rationalism"
Small: Human material seems to have one major defect: it does not like to be considered merely as human materi
"Human material seems to have one major defect: it does not like to be considered merely as human material. It finds it hard to endure the feeling that it must resign itself to passive acceptance of changes introduced from above"
Small: At the entrance, my bare feet on the dirt floor, Here, gusts of heat at my back, white clouds. I stare
"At the entrance, my bare feet on the dirt floor, Here, gusts of heat; at my back, white clouds. I stare and stare. It seems I was called for this: To glorify things just because they are"