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

Quote by Joseph Brodsky

Topics: Writers Quotes

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.

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

Bad literature is a form of treason.

Bad literature is a form of treason.

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.

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...

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....

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...

Man is what he reads.

Man is what he reads.

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...

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

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

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

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

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.