Poetry is like a bird, it ignores all frontiers.

Quote by Yevgeny Yevtushenko

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Literature has to serve as a moral control of politics.

Literature has to serve as a moral control of politics.

A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else is just a footnote.

A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else is just a footnote.

I love sport because I love life, and sport is one of the basic joys...

I love sport because I love life, and sport is one of the basic joys...

Poetry is like a bird, it ignores all frontiers

Poetry is like a bird, it ignores all frontiers

Time has a way of demonstrating that the most stubborn are the most intelligent

Time has a way of demonstrating that the most stubborn are the most intelligent

He who is conceived in a cage yearns for the cage.

He who is conceived in a cage yearns for the cage.

Only when the sense of the pain of others begins does man begin.

Only when the sense of the pain of others begins does man begin.

Why is it that right-wing bastards always stand shoulder to shoulder in solidarity, while liberals...

Why is it that right-wing bastards always stand shoulder to shoulder in solidarity, while liberals...

In Russia all tyrants believe poets to be their worst enemies.

In Russia all tyrants believe poets to be their worst enemies.

Give me a mystery - just a plain and simple one - a mystery which...

Give me a mystery - just a plain and simple one - a mystery which...

Envy is an insult to oneself.

Envy is an insult to oneself.

A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else is just a footnote.

A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else is just a footnote.

Sorrow happens, hardship happens, the hell with it, who never knew the price of happiness,...

Sorrow happens, hardship happens, the hell with it, who never knew the price of happiness,...

Envy is an insult to oneself.

Envy is an insult to oneself.

Justice is like a train that is nearly always late

Justice is like a train that is nearly always late

Translation is like a woman. If it is beautiful, it is not faithful. If it...

Translation is like a woman. If it is beautiful, it is not faithful. If it...

In my blood there is no Jewish blood. In their callous rage, all anti-Semites must...

In my blood there is no Jewish blood. In their callous rage, all anti-Semites must...