Poetry is rather an approach to things, to life, than it is typographical production.

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...

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

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

Bad literature is a form of treason.

Bad literature is a form of treason.

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

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

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...

Who included me among the ranks of the human race?

Who included me among the ranks of the human race?

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,...

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...

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.

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....

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...

How delightful to find a friend in everyone.

How delightful to find a friend in everyone.

Bad literature is a form of treason.

Bad literature is a form of treason.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

Man is what he reads.

Man is what he reads.

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

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