Dejan Stojanovic is a Serbian-American poet, essayist, philosopher, and journalist whose work delves deep into the mysteries of existence, nature, and the human mind. With a unique blend of lyrical beauty and philosophical inquiry, his poetry has been widely celebrated for its depth and originality. Raised in the former Yugoslavia and later residing in the U.S., Dejan brings a global perspective to his work. His journey is a powerful testament to the enduring impact of art, thought, and introspection across cultures and generations.
"I imagined I was God for a millisecond And became speechless for a long time."
"Two forces create eternity " a fairy tale and a dream from the fairy tale."
"The world is always open, Waiting to be discovered."
"Many writers were better before they became famous."
"Long ago we conquered our passions looking at ourselves in the mirror of eternity."
"Through memory to knowledge on the way to stars that are stepping down to the stuffy rooms of modern bureaucrats, illuminating their ceilings, their horizons where everything is easily resolved by the piles of paper and recipes for how to live, create, run, eat, breathe, learn how to love, how to make love, how to sleep, how to dream, how happiness is achieved under the artificial stars of the new sky that emerged from the bureaucratic rooms of aspiring and impotent minds, unable to love, even though they had all their life to learn what they preach."
"Infinity is the end. End without infinity is but a new beginning."
"An unrewarded value is more valuable than a reward with no value."
"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?"
"One hand I extend into myself, the other toward others."
"Every man needs his Siren To check his courage and strength When he hears her song In his travels through the unknown."
"Quixote shines from Lorca and Picasso, From DalA and El Greco, From the gloomy 'View of Toledo.' He was born before Cervantes."
"Some people complain there are too many people on earth, Some people complain about secret societies, Some people accuse others of not being able to wake up early. Almost all people complain about something."
"When everything hurries everywhere, nothing goes anywhere."
"Absolute is a game with only one player where Absolute forgets itself so it would have a reason to fulfill the motion while returning."
"If you are only what you are, You at least have a chance Not to outsmart, But be on a par with yourself And that is worth trying."
"If an ancient man saw planes two thousand years ago He would've thought they were birds Or angels from another world Or messengers from other planets."
"Now that we are all so smart, we don't easily find resolutions."
"Perfection seems sterile; it is final, no mystery in it; it's a product of an assembly line."
"Nothing is inanimate, what is the rest is our interpretation."
"Beyond all vanities, fights, and desires, omnipotent silence lies."
"Is it possible to write a poem or are these words just screams of outlaws exiled to the desert?"
"To cut and tighten sentences is the secret of mastery."
"If you could have walked on the planet before humans lived here, maybe the Ivory Coast would have seemed more beautiful than La CA te d'Azur."
"Senses empower limitations, senses expand vision within borders, senses promote understanding through pleasure."
"Words rich in meaning can be cheap in sound effects."
"Into the day as by dream I swim To the music of nourished meaning."
"He had an answer to almost everything and he retired at an early age."
"There is something perfect to be found in the imperfect: the law keeps balance through the juxtaposition of beauty, which gains perfection through nurtured imperfection."
"Bureaucracy is a huge beast; deeply rooted, it exists even among artists; it's an almost losing battle against it."
"He thought others were small, that was his greatness."
"You are not what you are, You are darkness Looking for light within."
"We measure everything by ourselves with almost a necessary conceit."