The work of Cyprian Norwid is valued as a pioneering phenomenon in literature, theater, art, and ethics. Contemporary times continually confirm his intuitions regarding the mission of the artist, the profile of man, the challenges of civilization, and the threats to freedom. Norwid was critical of the superficial treatment of such existential categories as work, creativity, beauty, and freedom, seeing them as pathways to human self-realization. His succinct messages constantly function as tasks to be pondered, verifying the sharpness of vision of the most important challenges facing the human being who wishes to live a serious life.