Bad literature is a form of treason.

Quote by Joseph Brodsky

Topics: Literature Quotes

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

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

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...

No matter under what circumstances you leave it, home does not cease to be home....

No matter under what circumstances you leave it, home does not cease to be home....

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.

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...

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,...

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

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

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...

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...

Man is what he reads.

Man is what he reads.

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.

Who included me among the ranks of the human race?

Who included me among the ranks of the human race?

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...

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.

How delightful to find a friend in everyone.

How delightful to find a friend in everyone.

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...

Snobbery? But it's only a form of despair.

Snobbery? But it's only a form of despair.

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

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

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...

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

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