Author: Joseph Brodsky

Quotes

I like the idea of isolation. I like the reality of it. You realize what you are... not that the knowledge is inevitably rewarding.

I like the idea of isolation. I like the reality of it. You realize what you are... not that the knowledge is inevitably rewarding.

- Joseph Brodsky

Good style in prose is always hostage to the precision, speed, and laconic intensity of poetic diction.

Good style in prose is always hostage to the precision, speed, and laconic intensity of poetic diction.

- Joseph Brodsky

I belong to Russian literature, but I am an American citizen, and I think it's the best possible combination.

I belong to Russian literature, but I am an American citizen, and I think it's the best possible combination.

- Joseph Brodsky

Time can be an enemy or a friend.

Time can be an enemy or a friend.

- Joseph Brodsky

What I like about cities is that everything is king size, the beauty and the ugliness.

What I like about cities is that everything is king size, the beauty and the ugliness.

- Joseph Brodsky

For boredom speaks the language of time, and it is to teach you the most valuable lesson of your life - the lesson of your utter insignificance.

For boredom speaks the language of time, and it is to teach you the most valuable lesson of your life - the lesson of your utter insignificance.

- Joseph Brodsky

Bad politics make for bad morals.

Bad politics make for bad morals.

- Joseph Brodsky

I was fortunate enough to write about things I really love, and love can be very analytic.

I was fortunate enough to write about things I really love, and love can be very analytic.

- Joseph Brodsky

The real history of consciousness starts with one's first lie.

The real history of consciousness starts with one's first lie.

- Joseph Brodsky

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