19 Quotations by Joseph Brodsky
- 1. A language is a more ancient and inevitable thing than any state.
![A language is a more ancient and inevitable thing than any state.. Joseph Brodsky.](/img/view.gif)
- 2. After all, it is hard to master both life and work equally well. So if you are bound to fake one of ...
![After all, it is hard to master both life and work equally well. So if you are bound to fake one of .... Joseph Brodsky.](/img/view.gif)
- 3. Bad literature is a form of treason.
![Bad literature is a form of treason.. Joseph Brodsky.](/img/view.gif)
- 4. Every writing career starts as a personal quest for sainthood, for self-betterment. Sooner or later, ...
![Every writing career starts as a personal quest for sainthood, for self-betterment. Sooner or later, .... Joseph Brodsky.](/img/view.gif)
- 5. 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.. Joseph Brodsky.](/img/view.gif)
- 6. How delightful to find a friend in everyone.
![How delightful to find a friend in everyone.. Joseph Brodsky.](/img/view.gif)
- 7. I do not believe in political movements. I believe in personal movement, that movement of the soul w ...
![I do not believe in political movements. I believe in personal movement, that movement of the soul w .... Joseph Brodsky.](/img/view.gif)
- 8. If a poet has any obligation toward society, it is to write well. Being in the minority, he has no o ...
![If a poet has any obligation toward society, it is to write well. Being in the minority, he has no o .... Joseph Brodsky.](/img/view.gif)
- 9. In the works of the better poets you get the sensation that they're not talking to people any more, ...
![In the works of the better poets you get the sensation that they're not talking to people any more, .... Joseph Brodsky.](/img/view.gif)
- 10. It would be enough for me to have the system of a jury of twelve versus the system of one judge as a ...
![It would be enough for me to have the system of a jury of twelve versus the system of one judge as a .... Joseph Brodsky.](/img/view.gif)
- 11. Life is a game with many rules but no referee. One learns how to play it more by watching it than by ...
![Life is a game with many rules but no referee. One learns how to play it more by watching it than by .... Joseph Brodsky.](/img/view.gif)
- 12. Life-the way it really is-is a battle not between Bad and Good but between Bad and Worse.
![Life-the way it really is-is a battle not between Bad and Good but between Bad and Worse.. Joseph Brodsky.](/img/view.gif)
- 13. Racism? But isn't it only a form of misanthropy?
![Racism? But isn't it only a form of misanthropy?. Joseph Brodsky.](/img/view.gif)
- 14. The poetic notion of infinity is far greater than that which is sponsored by any creed.
![The poetic notion of infinity is far greater than that which is sponsored by any creed.. Joseph Brodsky.](/img/view.gif)
- 15. The real history of consciousness starts with one's first lie.
![The real history of consciousness starts with one's first lie.. Joseph Brodsky.](/img/view.gif)
- 16. The surest defense against Evil is extreme individualism, originality of thinking, whimsicality, eve ...
![The surest defense against Evil is extreme individualism, originality of thinking, whimsicality, eve .... Joseph Brodsky.](/img/view.gif)
- 17. There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.
![There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.. Joseph Brodsky.](/img/view.gif)
- 18. What I like about cities is that everything is king size, the beauty and the ugliness.
![What I like about cities is that everything is king size, the beauty and the ugliness.. Joseph Brodsky.](/img/view.gif)
- 19. What should I say about life? That it's long and abhors transparence.
![What should I say about life? That it's long and abhors transparence.. Joseph Brodsky.](/img/view.gif)
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