For the poet the credo or doctrine is not the point of arrival but is, on the contrary, the point of departure for the metaphysical journey.

Quote by Joseph Brodsky

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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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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

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

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....

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

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

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...

Who included me among the ranks of the human race?

Who included me among the ranks of the human race?

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...

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.

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...