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Category Archive: Joseph Brodsky

Joseph Brodsky Quote: “I do not believe in political…”

I do not believe in political movements. I believe in personal movement, that movement of the soul when a man who looks at himself is so ashamed that he tries to make some sort of change – within himself, not on the outside.

October 23, 2021 1940, American, Joseph Brodsky, May 24, Quotes by Poets

Joseph Brodsky Quote: “Life is a game with many…”

Life is a game with many rules but no referee. One learns how to play it more by watching it than by consulting any book, including the holy book. Small wonder, then, that so many play dirty, that so few win, that so many lose.

September 22, 2021 1940, American, Joseph Brodsky, May 24, Quotes by Poets

Joseph Brodsky Quote: “It is well to read everything…”

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

May 18, 2021 1940, American, Joseph Brodsky, May 24, Quotes by Poets

Joseph Brodsky Quote: “This is the generation whose first…”

This is the generation whose first cry of life was the Hungarian uprising.

January 22, 2021 1940, American, Joseph Brodsky, May 24, Quotes by Poets

Joseph Brodsky Quote: “Poetry is rather an approach to…”

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

January 15, 2021 1940, American, Joseph Brodsky, May 24, Quotes by Poets

Joseph Brodsky Quote: “Bad literature is a form of…”

Bad literature is a form of treason.

January 2, 2021 1940, American, Joseph Brodsky, May 24, Quotes by Poets

Joseph Brodsky Quote: “For boredom speaks the language of…”

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

December 13, 2020 1940, American, Joseph Brodsky, May 24, Quotes by Poets

Joseph Brodsky Quote: “After all, it is hard to…”

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 better be life.

July 15, 2020 1940, American, Joseph Brodsky, May 24, Quotes by Poets

Joseph Brodsky Quote: “Snobbery? But it’s only a form…”

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

July 6, 2020 1940, American, Joseph Brodsky, May 24, Quotes by Poets

Joseph Brodsky Quote: “For the poet the credo or…”

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

January 19, 2020 1940, American, Joseph Brodsky, May 24, Quotes by Poets

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