Bad literature is a form of treason.

Quote by Joseph Brodsky

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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.

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.

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...

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,...

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

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

Bad literature is a form of treason.

Bad literature is a form of treason.

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

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

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...

Life, the way it really is, is a battle not between Bad and Good but...

Life, the way it really is, is a battle not between Bad and Good but...

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...

How delightful to find a friend in everyone.

How delightful to find a friend in everyone.

Man is what he reads.

Man is what he reads.

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...

Twentieth-century Russian literature has produced nothing special except perhaps one novel and two stories by...

Twentieth-century Russian literature has produced nothing special except perhaps one novel and two stories by...

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...

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...

Who included me among the ranks of the human race?

Who included me among the ranks of the human race?

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.

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

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

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

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