Celan

Famous quotes containing the word celan:

    Only truthful hands write true poems. I cannot see any basic difference between a handshake and a poem.
    —Paul Celan [Paul Antschel] (1920–1970)

    No one
    bears witness for the
    witness.
    —Paul Celan [Paul Antschel] (1920–1970)

    A nothing
    we were, are, shall
    remain, flowering:
    the nothing—, the
    no one’s rose.
    —Paul Celan [Paul Antschel] (1920–1970)