A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else is just a footnote.

Quote by Yevgeny Yevtushenko

Topics: Poetry Quotes

In my blood there is no Jewish blood. In their callous rage, all anti-Semites must...

In my blood there is no Jewish blood. In their callous rage, all anti-Semites must...

Only when the sense of the pain of others begins does man begin.

Only when the sense of the pain of others begins does man begin.

Why is it that right-wing bastards always stand shoulder to shoulder in solidarity, while liberals...

Why is it that right-wing bastards always stand shoulder to shoulder in solidarity, while liberals...

Sorrow happens, hardship happens, the hell with it, who never knew the price of happiness,...

Sorrow happens, hardship happens, the hell with it, who never knew the price of happiness,...

Poetry is like a bird, it ignores all frontiers.

Poetry is like a bird, it ignores all frontiers.

In Russia all tyrants believe poets to be their worst enemies.

In Russia all tyrants believe poets to be their worst enemies.

I love sport because I love life, and sport is one of the basic joys...

I love sport because I love life, and sport is one of the basic joys...

Envy is an insult to oneself.

Envy is an insult to oneself.

Translation is like a woman. If it is beautiful, it is not faithful. If it...

Translation is like a woman. If it is beautiful, it is not faithful. If it...

Literature has to serve as a moral control of politics.

Literature has to serve as a moral control of politics.

Envy is an insult to oneself.

Envy is an insult to oneself.

Time has a way of demonstrating that the most stubborn are the most intelligent

Time has a way of demonstrating that the most stubborn are the most intelligent

He who is conceived in a cage yearns for the cage.

He who is conceived in a cage yearns for the cage.

Poetry is like a bird, it ignores all frontiers

Poetry is like a bird, it ignores all frontiers

Justice is like a train that is nearly always late

Justice is like a train that is nearly always late

A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else is just a footnote.

A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else is just a footnote.

Give me a mystery - just a plain and simple one - a mystery which...

Give me a mystery - just a plain and simple one - a mystery which...

All of the arts, poetry, music, ritual, the visible arts, the theater, must singly and...

All of the arts, poetry, music, ritual, the visible arts, the theater, must singly and...

No sight is more provocative of awe than is the night sky

No sight is more provocative of awe than is the night sky

Poetry is to prose as dancing is to walking

Poetry is to prose as dancing is to walking