„Zistite dôvod, ktorý prikazuje, aby ste začali písať. Zistite, či rozšíril svoje korene do hĺbky vášho srdca; a priznajte si a prijmite, že by ste museli zomrieť, ak by vám niekto zakázal písať.“
Originál
Find out the reason that commands you to write; see whether it has spread its roots into the very depth of your heart; confess to yourself you would have to die if you were forbidden to write.
Letter One (17 February 1903)
Letters to a Young Poet (1934)
Kontext: No one can advise or help you — no one. There is only one thing you should do. Go into yourself. Find out the reason that commands you to write; see whether it has spread its roots into the very depths of your heart; confess to yourself whether you would have to die if you were forbidden to write.
Rainer Maria Rilke 30
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