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Joseph Brodsky Quotes

Joseph Brodsky quotes

American Poet May 24, 1940 – January 28, 1996

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Joseph Brodsky quote: "For a writer, only one form of patriotism exists: his attitude..."
For a writer, only one form of patriotism exists: his attitude towards language. Joseph Brodsky
Joseph Brodsky quote: "For a writer only one form of patriotism exists: his attitude..."
For a writer only one form of patriotism exists: his attitude toward language. Joseph Brodsky
When hit by boredom, let yourself be crushed by it; submerge, hit bottom. In general, with things unpleasant, the rule is: The sooner you hit bottom, the faster you surface. The idea here is to exact a full look at the worst. The reason boredom deserves such scrutiny is that it represents pure, undiluted time in all its repetitive, redundant, monotonous splendor. Boredom is your window on the properties of time that one tends to ignore to the likely peril of one's mental equilibrium. It is... Joseph Brodsky
Because every book of art, be it a poem or a cupola, is understandably a self-portrait of its author, we won't strain ourselves too hard trying to distinguish between the author's persona and the poem's lyrical hero. As a rule, such distinctions are quite meaningless, if only because a lyrical hero is invariably an author's self-projection. Joseph Brodsky
It's an abominable fallacy that suffering makes for greater art. Suffering blinds, deafens, ruins, and often kills. Osip Mandelstam was a great poet before the revolution. So was Anna Akhmatova, so was Marina Tsvetaeva. They would have become what they became even if none of the historical events that befell Russia in this century had taken place: because they were gifted. Basically, talent doesn't need history. Joseph Brodsky
Joseph Brodsky quote: "And geography blended with time equals destiny."
And geography blended with time equals destiny. Joseph Brodsky
Joseph Brodsky quote: "For darkness restores what light cannot repair."
For darkness restores what light cannot repair. Joseph Brodsky
Joseph Brodsky quote: "In the business of writing, what one accumulates is not..."
In the business of writing, what one accumulates is not experience but uncertainties. Joseph Brodsky
Joseph Brodsky quote: "The eye identifies itself not with the body it belongs to but..."
The eye identifies itself not with the body it belongs to but with the object of its attention. Joseph Brodsky
Joseph Brodsky quote: "in the business of writing what one accumulates is not..."
...in the business of writing what one accumulates is not expertise but uncertainties. Which is but another name for craft. Joseph Brodsky
Joseph Brodsky quote: "The real history of consciousness starts with one's first lie."
The real history of consciousness starts with one's first lie. Joseph Brodsky
Joseph Brodsky quote: "If one's fated to be born in Caesar's Empire, let him live..."
If one's fated to be born in Caesar's Empire, let him live aloof, provincial, by the seashore... Joseph Brodsky
Joseph Brodsky quote: "It is well to read everything of something, and something of..."
It is well to read everything of something, and something of everything. Joseph Brodsky
Joseph Brodsky quote: "Man is what he reads."
Man is what he reads. Joseph Brodsky
... Now to die of griefwould mean, I'm afraid, to die belatedly, while latecomersare unwelcome, particularly in the future. ... Joseph Brodsky

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