Quotes by Joseph Brodsky

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

#Joseph Brodsky

I do not believe in political movements. I believe in personal movement, that movement of...

#Joseph Brodsky

How delightful to find a friend in everyone.

#Joseph Brodsky

For the poet the credo or doctrine is not the point of arrival but is,...

#Joseph Brodsky

For boredom speaks the language of time, and it is to teach you the most...

#Joseph Brodsky

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

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Every individual ought to know at least one poet from cover to cover: if not...

#Joseph Brodsky

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

#Joseph Brodsky

Bad literature is a form of treason.

#Joseph Brodsky

After all, it is hard to master both life and work equally well. So if...

#Joseph Brodsky

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

#Joseph Brodsky

Bad literature is a form of treason.

#Literature