Elytis' quote

Poet Elytis was nominated a Nobel Prize in 1979. He is known in Greece as ''a poet of light''.

This is one of his popular quotes: 'If you deconstruct Greece, in the end the only things left will be an olive tree, a vine tree and a ship. Which means that if you have some more, you can make Greece again.'' 

How much do you agree with this statement?