Man is what he reads. – Joseph Brodsky
For a writer only one form of patriotism exists: his attitude toward language. – Joseph Brodsky
Man is what he reads. – Joseph Brodsky
For a writer only one form of patriotism exists: his attitude toward language. – Joseph Brodsky
It would be enough for me to have the system of a jury of twelve versus the system of one judge as a basis for preferring the U.S. to the Soviet Union. I would prefer the country you can leave to the country you cannot. – Joseph Brodsky
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. – Joseph Brodsky