Stanisław Wyspiański
Stanisław Wyspiański – self-portrait (1894)
Stanisław Mateusz Ignacy Wyspiański (15 January 1869 – 28 November 1907) was a Polish playwright, painter, poet, and interior and furniture designer. A patriotic writer, he created symbolic national dramas accordant with the artistic premises of the Young Poland movement.
Quotes
[edit]- He must die, why he has to be alive?
- Source: November night
- I consider Cracow to be a small, pretentious, highly ridiculous town.
- Source: letter to Henryk Opieński
The Wedding
[edit]- You had, boor, a golden horn; you had, boor, a feathered cap... Now you're left with just a string.
- What's going on in politics, sir? Are the Chinese holding on?
