Dejan Stojanovic, Serbian Satire And Aphorisms Quotes

A poem does not radiate from the name, but the name emanates from the poem.

Almost as a rule, political dissidents were writers.

Is my victory real, does the winner adorned with a laurel wreath ask this question? Do I deserve victory or did I steal it from someone who is more worthy of victory?

There are those who speak and those who dream.

A poem is its own name and cover.

Names sound nice because no one peeks behind the cover to see the sad face of a poem crying for meaning, while the name of the creator proudly smiles from the title.

There are anonymous poems and poets without poems.

Knowing how to dream is more important than the story, because the story tells itself.

An unrewarded value is more valuable than a reward with no value.

In a real poem a sound does not swallow a letter, but a letter swallows a sound.

The name does not deserve the poem, but the poem deserves the name.

A word was more valuable to them when they were not sure of its value. Since they became famous, their word has been more expensive but its value is less.

A poem that is itself a name does not yearn for the name of its creator, but shines from its name alone.

What are all these writers fighting for? For their own victory or for the victory of their profession?

Anyone who writes can be called a writer because they write.

Names do not write poems nor do they create work.

There are literary works that speak for themselves and there are writers who boast through work.

Many writers were better before they became famous.

Unwritten words grow out of silence.

In its proper role, a number counts the missing words.

A number is still very accurate, but its role is changed.In the changed role this number enriches the silence.

We don’t know who was tricked by whom. Did the writer deceive the word, or did the word deceive the writer?