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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.
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- “My poems getting published in Russia doesn't make me feel in any fashion, to tell you the truth. I'm not tryi…”Joseph Brodsky
- “Venice is eternity itself.”Joseph Brodsky
- “Prose is admittedly an art rooted in social intercourse, and a fiction writer is faster to find a common deno…”Joseph Brodsky
- “One of the worst things that can happen to an artist is to perceive himself as the owner of his art, and art…”Joseph Brodsky
Explore Education
- “We recommend for the training of teachers not only a considerable artistic education in general but special a…”Maria Montessori
- “In 'Unfair Advantage: The Power of Financial Education' and 'Why A Students Work for C Students,' I reveal th…”Robert Kiyosaki
- “Having got the best of education myself, I firmly believe it is my personal obligation to give back to the co…”Romesh Wadhwani
Explore Knowledge
- “Virtue is harder to be got than knowledge of the world; and, if lost in a young man, is seldom recovered.”John Locke
- “Try to forgive by trying to understand how it would feel to be in the other’s shoes. If someone hurts you – a…”Jay Woodman
- “History is important because it teaches us about past. And by learning about the past, ypu come to understand…”Richelle Mead
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Books by Joseph Brodsky
Selected Poems, 1968-1996
2020
Less Than One
2020