Bad literature is a form of treason.

Quote by Joseph Brodsky

Topics: Literature Quotes

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

Who included me among the ranks of the human race?

Who included me among the ranks of the human race?

Bad literature is a form of treason.

Bad literature is a form of treason.

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...

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,...

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.

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

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

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...