War Poetry

Famous quotes containing the words war and/or poetry:

“Only in war are you holy, and when you are robbers and cruel.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

“German poetry is going in a very different direction from French poetry.... Its language has become more sober, more factual. It distrusts “beauty.” It tries to be truthful.”
—Paul Celan [Paul Antschel] (1920–1970)