For a writer only one form of patriotism exists: his attitude toward language. – Joseph Brodsky
There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them. – Joseph Brodsky
For a writer only one form of patriotism exists: his attitude toward language. – Joseph Brodsky
There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them. – Joseph Brodsky
The poetic notion of infinity is far greater than that which is sponsored by any creed. – 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