Bad literature is a form of treason.

Quote by Joseph Brodsky

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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

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...

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...

Bad literature is a form of treason.

Bad literature is a form of treason.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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,...

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...

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.

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.

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.