Joseph Brodsky

Joseph Brodsky: There are worse...

Joseph Brodsky: There are worse...

There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.

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Joseph Brodsky: Every individual ought...

Joseph Brodsky: Every individual ought...

Every individual ought to know at least one poet from cover to cover: if not as a guide through the world, then as a...

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Joseph Brodsky: A language ....

Joseph Brodsky: A language ....

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

Source: In...

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Joseph Brodsky: A poet is...

Joseph Brodsky: A poet is...

A poet is a combination of an instrument and a human being in one person, with the former gradually taking over the...

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Joseph Brodsky: If a poet...

Joseph Brodsky: If a poet...

If a poet has any obligation toward society, it is to write well. Being in the minority, he has no other choice....

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Joseph Brodsky: Every writing career...

Joseph Brodsky: Every writing career...

Every writing career starts as a personal quest for sainthood, for self-betterment. Sooner or later, and as a rule...

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Joseph Brodsky: The poetic notion...

Joseph Brodsky: The poetic notion...

The poetic notion of infinity is far greater than that which is sponsored by any creed.

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Joseph Brodsky: For the poet...

Joseph Brodsky: For the poet...

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

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Joseph Brodsky: After all, it...

Joseph Brodsky: After all, it...

After all, it is hard to master both life and work equally well. So if you are bound to fake one of them, it had...

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Joseph Brodsky: Bad literature ....

Joseph Brodsky: Bad literature ....

Bad literature . . . is a form of treason.

Source: In NY Times, 1 Oct 72
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Joseph Brodsky: Man is what...

Joseph Brodsky: Man is what...

Man is what he reads.

Source: Quoted by Thomas D'Evelyn Christian Science Monitor,...

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Joseph Brodsky: For boredom speaks...

Joseph Brodsky: For boredom speaks...

For boredom speaks the language of time, and it is to teach you the most valuable lesson of your life -- the lesson of...

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Joseph Brodsky: Poetry is rather...

Joseph Brodsky: Poetry is rather...

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

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Joseph Brodsky: Life, the way...

Joseph Brodsky: Life, the way...

Life, the way it really is, is a battle not between Bad and Good but between Bad and...

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Joseph Brodsky: Twentieth-century Russian literature...

Joseph Brodsky: Twentieth-century Russian literature...

Twentieth-century Russian literature has produced nothing special except perhaps one novel and two stories by Andrei...

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Joseph Brodsky: There are worse...

Joseph Brodsky: There are worse...

There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.

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Joseph Brodsky: Every individual ought...

Joseph Brodsky: Every individual ought...

Every individual ought to know at least one poet from cover to cover: if not as a guide through the world, then as a...

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Joseph Brodsky: A language ....

Joseph Brodsky: A language ....

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

Source: In...

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Joseph Brodsky: A poet is...

Joseph Brodsky: A poet is...

A poet is a combination of an instrument and a human being in one person, with the former gradually taking over the...

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Joseph Brodsky: If a poet...

Joseph Brodsky: If a poet...

If a poet has any obligation toward society, it is to write well. Being in the minority, he has no other choice....

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