Man is what he reads.

Quote by Joseph Brodsky

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

Who included me among the ranks of the human race?

Who included me among the ranks of the human race?

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...

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...

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.

Bad literature is a form of treason.

Bad literature is a form of treason.

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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,...

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....

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

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

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...

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.