Share & Save
Meaning
Not documented yet.
When It Was Said
Not documented yet.
Who It Was Said To
Not documented yet.
Historical Context
Not documented yet.
Source
Not documented yet.
Original Language & Translation
Originally said in English.
Did They Really Say It?
Not documented yet.
Did You Know?
Not documented yet.
About Joseph Brodsky
Russian and American poet and essayist
Joseph Brodsky was a Russian and American poet and essayist. He is known for poetry and prose that moved between Russian and English, and for an essayistic voice that made him a major literary figure in both cultures. Brodsky wrote as a poet and essayist across two languages, and his work is often associated with reflection, exile, and the life of the mind. He is credited on this site with 153 quotes.
More from Joseph Brodsky (153 quotes) →Keep reading Joseph Brodsky
- “Life - the way it really is - is a battle not between Bad and Good but between Bad and Worse.”Joseph Brodsky
- “For a writer only one form of patriotism exists: his attitude toward language.”Joseph Brodsky
- “After all, it is hard to master both life and work equally well. So if you are bound to fake one of them, it…”Joseph Brodsky
- “On the whole, infinity is a fairly palpable aspect of this business of publishing, if only because it extends…”Joseph Brodsky
Belief: more sayings
- “At any given moment, your circumstances can change. You may not be where you want to be right now. You may no…”Amaka Imani Nkosazana
- “We wait upon finite minds to validate infinite things— this is evidence of human stupidity.”C. JoyBell C.
- “I believe in evolution in the sense that a short-tempered man is the successor of a crybaby.”Criss Jami
READ THE SOURCE
Books by Joseph Brodsky
Selected Poems, 1968-1996
2020
Less Than One
2020