Bad literature is a form of treason.

Quote by Joseph Brodsky

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I do not believe in political movements. I believe in personal movement, that movement of...

I do not believe in political movements. I believe in personal movement, that movement of...

For a writer only one form of patriotism exists: his attitude toward language.

For a writer only one form of patriotism exists: his attitude toward language.

The real history of consciousness starts with one's first lie.

The real history of consciousness starts with one's first lie.

How delightful to find a friend in everyone.

How delightful to find a friend in everyone.

A language is a more ancient and inevitable thing than any state.

A language is a more ancient and inevitable thing than any state.

For boredom speaks the language of time, and it is to teach you the most...

For boredom speaks the language of time, and it is to teach you the most...

What I like about cities is that everything is king size, the beauty and the...

What I like about cities is that everything is king size, the beauty and the...

It would be enough for me to have the system of a jury of twelve...

It would be enough for me to have the system of a jury of twelve...

Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.

Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.

Poetry is rather an approach to things, to life, than it is typographical production.

Poetry is rather an approach to things, to life, than it is typographical production.

Bad literature is a form of treason.

Bad literature is a form of treason.

For the poet the credo or doctrine is not the point of arrival but is,...

For the poet the credo or doctrine is not the point of arrival but is,...

After all, it is hard to master both life and work equally well. So if...

After all, it is hard to master both life and work equally well. So if...

Every individual ought to know at least one poet from cover to cover: if not...

Every individual ought to know at least one poet from cover to cover: if not...

The poetic notion of infinity is far greater than that which is sponsored by any...

The poetic notion of infinity is far greater than that which is sponsored by any...

This is the generation whose first cry of life was the Hungarian uprising.

This is the generation whose first cry of life was the Hungarian uprising.

Life - the way it really is - is a battle not between Bad and...

Life - the way it really is - is a battle not between Bad and...

Life is a game with many rules but no referee. One learns how to play...

Life is a game with many rules but no referee. One learns how to play...

Man is what he reads.

Man is what he reads.

It is well to read everything of something, and something of everything.

It is well to read everything of something, and something of everything.