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

Quote by Joseph Brodsky

Topics: Writers Quotes

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...

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...

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...

Bad literature is a form of treason.

Bad literature is a form of treason.

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.

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...

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

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

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.

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

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

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...

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...

Who included me among the ranks of the human race?

Who included me among the ranks of the human race?

Man is what he reads.

Man is what he reads.

How delightful to find a friend in everyone.

How delightful to find a friend in everyone.

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...

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 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.