9 quotes by Joseph Brodsky

“For a writer only one form of patriotism exists: his attitude toward language.” — Joseph Brodsky

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“What I like about cities is that everything is king size, the beauty and the ugliness.” — Joseph Brodsky

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“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

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“Man is what he reads.” — Joseph Brodsky

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“It is well to read everything of something, and something of everything.” — Joseph Brodsky

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“Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.” — Joseph Brodsky

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“The real history of consciousness starts with one's first lie.” — Joseph Brodsky

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“Poetry is rather an approach to things, to life, than it is typographical production.” — Joseph Brodsky

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“After all, it is hard to master both life and work equally well. So if you are bound to fake one of them, it had better be life.” — Joseph Brodsky

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