“There is a mental space that we consciously makes our way back to, and give honour to what has formed us in this mental homeland which we carry with us always. It is important not to try to annihilate it but to take your courage in your hands and go back, and then I think you can more easily make a new beginning. A lot of us would like to know how to do this.” ThinkingKnowsWayGivingTryingImportantHandsSpaceKnow HowHonourNew BeginningsHomeland Author:Robert Dessaix
“It is terribly important to maintain a national identity in a way that it probably wasn't before.” WayImportantIdentityNational Identity Author:Robert Dessaix
“I think that in this globalised world, the local is going to become more and more important - it is a paradox. You see it in Western Europe more and more. Eastern Europe is still coming out of the Soviet uniform cultural era, but this kind of separation and nationalism is very obvious now in Western Europe.” ThinkingWorldKindStillsImportantEuropeWesternObviousSeparationLocalsErasNationalismParadoxComing OutSovietUniformsEasternEastern EuropeWestern Europe Author:Robert Dessaix
“I think it is an important question of our lives - what is the meaning of literature to us as humans.” ThinkingHumansImportantLiteratureOur LivesImportant QuestionsWhat Is The Meaning Author:Robert Dessaix
“I am coming from an older school, and I feel that you must learn to wait. There is that essay which was about the great notion of sitting on the mountain and waiting for the muses to cross the stream, and give you the symbols that would allow you to create. The word wait seems to me to be terribly important.” GivingFeelsImportantSeemsSchoolWaitingMountainSittingCrossesNotionSymbolsStreamsMuseEssays Author:Robert Dessaix
