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Quotes from The Poet and the World — Wisława Szymborska

1923–2012 Poland

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Inspiration is not the exclusive privilege of poets or artists.

The Poet and the World (1996)

It looks like poets will always have their work cut out for them.

The Poet and the World (1996)

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

The Poet and the World (1996)

Whatever inspiration is, it's born from a continuous "I don't know."

The Poet and the World (1996)

Contemporary poets are skeptical and suspicious even, or perhaps especially, about themselves.

The Poet and the World (1996)

They say the first sentence in any speech is always the hardest. Well, that one's behind me, anyway.

The Poet and the World (1996)

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