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

Quote by Joseph Brodsky

Topics: Writers Quotes

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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,...

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.

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...