Dejan Stojanovic Quotes

“Every man needs his Siren to check his courage and strength when he hears her song in his travels through the unknown.”

Sounds of Imagination http://www.poetrysoup.com/famous/poem/21407/Sounds_of_Imagination From the poems written in English

“Long ago we conquered our passions
Looking at ourselves in the mirror of eternity.”

Siren http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/siren-7/ From the poems written in English

“If an ancient man saw planes two thousand years ago, he would've thought they were birds or angels from another world.”

"Prayer," p. 47
The Shape (2000), Sequence: “Pit of the Stone”

“Devil and God are two sides of the same face.”

Old and New http://www.poetrysoup.com/famous/poem/21395/Old_and_New From the poems written in English

“In the lie of truth lies the truth.”

“The Devil and God,” p. 20
The Creator (2000), Sequence: “The Light-Bearer”

“Total knowledge is annihilation of the desire to see, to touch, to feel the world sensed only through senses and immune to the knowledge without feeling.”

“Truth and Lie,” p. 66
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “A Stone and a Word”

Dejan Stojanovic Quotes about the world

“The world is always open, waiting to be discovered.”

Knowledge http://www.poetrysoup.com/famous/poem/21394/Knowledge From the poems written in English

“The world contained in a seed is determined by its program.”

“The Open Door,” p. 44
Circling: 1978-1987 (1993), Sequence: “A Grain”

“The holy world glows like a lightening bug.”

“Blooming,” p. 35
Circling: 1978-1987 (1993), Sequence: “A Conversations with Atoms”

“When magic through nerves and reason passes, imagination, force, and passion will thunder. The portrait of the world is changed.”

“The Fruit Bearer,” p. 29
The Creator (2000), Sequence: “Forest of the Universe”

“The world is a navy in an empty ocean.”

”Alexander the Great,” p. 55
Circling: 1978-1987 (1993), Sequence: “A Warden with No Keys”

“Life into death—life’s other shape, no rupture, only crossing.”

“The Light-Bearer,” p. 7
The Creator (2000), Sequence: “The Light-Bearer”

Dejan Stojanovic Quotes about life

“All swallows all. Life must eat life to survive.”

“Awakening of a Flower,” p. 38
Circling: 1978-1987 (1993), Sequence: “A Conversations with Atoms”

“Life and death merge in greatness.”

”Fight,” p. 69
Circling: 1978-1987 (1993), Sequence: “Darkness Is Waiting”

“Why poetry, you ask? Because of life, I answer.”

"Hush," p. 61
The Shape (2000), Sequence: “Big Chamber”

“Life is only a flicker of melted ice.”

Poetry and Life http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/poetry-and-life-2/ From the poems written in English

“What we call life is only talk of nature.”

“Rain of the Absolute,” p. 25
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “Skywalking”

“Fly without wings; dream with open eyes.”

“Life,” p. 108
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “Is It Possible to Write a Poem”

Dejan Stojanovic: Trending quotes

“What you spend, you save.”

Muse II http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/muse-ii/ From the poems written in English

“Without nothing, everything would be nothing.”

“Spending and Saving,” p. 94
The Creator (2000), Sequence: “Nostalgic Elements”

Dejan Stojanovic book The Sign and Its Children

"While the Sign Sleeps," p. 17
The Sign and Its Children (2000), Sequence: “The Sign and Nothing”

Dejan Stojanovic Quotes

“There is a moonlight note in the Moonlight Sonata; there is a thunder note in an angry sky.”

“Busy with the ugliness of the expensive success we forget the easiness of free beauty lying sad right around the corner, only an instant removed, unnoticed and squandered.”

Dancing of Sounds http://www.poetrysoup.com/famous/poem/21378/Dancing_of_Sounds From the poems written in English

“I am the shore and the ocean, awaiting myself on both sides.”

Serious Business http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/serious-business/ From the poems written in English

“Now that we are all so smart, we don’t easily find resolutions.”

"Citizens of the City of Light," p. 27
The Shape (2000), Sequence: “Happiness of Atoms”

“To sense the peace of extinguished passion, happiness in not knowing the ultimate knowledge.”

“His Highness,” p. 91
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “A Game”

Dejan Stojanovic book The Sign and Its Children

"The Over-Sky Sign," p. 5
The Sign and Its Children (2000)

“There is only as much space, only as much time, only as much desire, only as many words, only as many pages, only as much ink to accept all of us at light-speed hurrying into the Promised Land of oblivion that is waiting for us sooner or later.”

“Everything and nothing are the same in the Absolute.”

Silent Equality http://www.poetrysoup.com/famous/poem/21405/Silent_Equality From the poems written in English

“I can see myself before myself—a being through dark scenery.”

“The Young Old Being,” p. 30
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “Skywalking”

“It is not possible to express the most precious insights,
To see all that craves to be seen,
To visit even the closest neighbors in the universe,
To learn all that needs to be learned,
To live without dying,
And I am sad about it.
But I lived
And I am happy about that.”

“Spring Music,” p. 34
Circling: 1978-1987 (1993), Sequence: “A Conversations with Atoms”

“In trying to be perfect, he perfected the art of anonymity.”

Sadness and Happiness http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/sadness-and-happiness-2/ From the poems written in English

“The eyesight for an eagle is what thought is to a man.”

Nowhere http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/nowhere-2/ From the poems written in English

“Creators of history always play with our impotence and our ignorance.”

“Eagle,” p. 72
The Creator (2000), Sequence: “Thought and Flight”

“Procreation annihilates eternity.”

"Game III," p. 98
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “A Game”

“Infinity is the end. End without infinity is but a new beginning.”

“Eternity and Existence,” p. 31
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “Skywalking”

“New Rome will be destroyed by the attacks of new vandals.”

“Infinity and End,” p. 35
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “Skywalking”

“Nothing is part of everything.”

”New Vandals,” p. 65
Circling: 1978-1987 (1993), Sequence: “A Warden with No Keys”

Dejan Stojanovic book The Sign and Its Children

"While the Sign Sleeps," p. 17
The Sign and Its Children (2000), Sequence: “The Sign and Nothing”

“Our eternity is not real; it resembles us; it is our own invention; its scent is vanity.”

“Courage is more important than to be deceived by shallow victory waiting for a delayed defeat.”

“Eternity and Eternity,” p. 32
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “Skywalking”

“There are no winners in real games.”

Reality http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/reality-168/ From the poems written in English

“Accidents are not accidents but precise arrivals at the wrong right time.”

“Game II,” p. 97
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “A Game”

“We will go far away,
To nowhere,
To conquer,
To fertilize,
Until we become tired;
Then we will stop
And there will be our home.”

Being Late http://www.poetrysoup.com/famous/poem/21366/Being_Late From the poems written in English

“Different languages, the same thoughts; servant to thoughts and their masters.”

"Home of the Shape," p. 7
The Shape (2000), Sequence: “Home of the Shape”

“Even great men bow before the Sun; it melts hubris into humility.”

“Hidden Words,” p. 58
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “A Stone and a Word”

“To understand possible means to understand impossible.”

Don't Obstruct the Sun http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/don-t-obstruct-the-sun/ From the poems written in English

“God is busy and has no time for you.”

Understanding http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/understanding-4/ From the poems written in English

“The universe is God’s son.”

“God Is Busy,” p. 45
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: "Forgotten Place”

“You mark and celebrate errors, transforming failures into successes.”

“God’s Son,” p. 105
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “Is It Possible to Write a Poem”

“Description is a story well told already; experience offers truth.”

“Game III,” p. 98
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “A Game”

“Pretense cannot sustain blind power.”

“Lackadaisical Elements,” p. 93
The Creator (2000), Sequence: “Nostalgic Elements”

“The game itself is bigger than the winning.”

Reality http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/reality-168/ From the poems written in English

“When all is lost, there is still a memory.”

“Game II,” p. 97
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “A Game”

“There are many secrets; don’t try to resolve them all.”

Memory and Oblivion http://www.poetrysoup.com/famous/poem/21401/Memory_and_Oblivion From the poems written in English

“In the end, the world returns to a grain.”

“Secret and the Truth” (Sequence: “Beethoven and Death”), p. 143
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “Sound of the Silence”

“We don’t know anything about silent sages, buried knowledge, the eye of the mute poet, serene seers, yet how many talkative destroyers, prophets and ideologues, teachers and beautifiers there are on the other side.”

“A Grain,” p. 47
Circling: 1978-1987 (1993), Sequence: “A Grain”

“Neither alive nor dead; no one lets up, no one wins.”

"Hush," p. 61
The Shape (2000), Sequence: “Big Chamber”

“God is a cloud from which rain fell.”

”Beast,” p. 72
Circling: 1978-1987 (1993), Sequence: “Darkness Is Waiting”

“Words rich in meaning can be cheap in sound effects.”

“A Cloud," p. 26
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “Skywalking”

“Be aware of the high notes, of the blissful faces and their soft messages, and listen for the silent message of a highly decorated gift.”

Simplicity http://www.poetrysoup.com/famous/poem/21390/Simplicity From the poems written in English

“His Highness was always confident in his statements, especially about what he viewed for the first time.”

Emissaries http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/emissaries/ From the poems written in English

“When the long bygone Lee Po wanted to say something, he could do it with only a few words.”

“His Highness,” p. 90
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “A Game”

“They will smile, as they always do when they plan a major attack late in the night.”

“Just a Few Words,” p. 62
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “A Stone and a Word”

“There can be no forced inspiration.”

Emissaries http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/emissaries/ From the poems written in English

“Entering a cell, penetrating deep as a flying saucer to find a new galaxy would be an honorable task for a new scientist interested more in the inner state of the soul than in outer space.”

Bright Moments http://www.poetrysoup.com/famous/poem/21377/Bright_Moments From the poems written in English

“Oblivion cures the old wounds.”

Inner Space http://www.poetrysoup.com/famous/poem/21400/Inner_Space From the poems written in English

“Either you will be you or you will not be at all.”

Memory and Oblivion http://www.poetrysoup.com/famous/poem/21401/Memory_and_Oblivion From the poems written in English

“We measure everything by ourselves with almost a necessary conceit.”

“The Knight,” p. 81
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “What After”

“From one bell all the bells toll.”

“Virus of the Soul,” p. 93
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “A Game”

“Long ago an uncalled rain fell
And a called-upon God stayed equally distant.”

"The Bell of the Shape," p. 35
The Shape (2000), Sequence: “Bells”

“Strangers are endearing because you don’t know them yet.”

"Prayer," p. 47
The Shape (2000), Sequence: “Pit of the Stone”

“He confided his deepest secret to you; be always wary of his secret.”

“Benefactors,” p. 110
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “Is It Possible to Write a Poem”