Inspirational Quotes by Andrei Voznesensky

The urge to kill, like the urge to beget, Is blind and sinister. Its craving is set Today on the flesh of a hare:…

— Andrei Voznesensky

Poems have their own fates, like children. You have only to give birth to them.

— Andrei Voznesensky

Poetry is the only hopeEven if you do not believe it, you have to do it.

— Andrei Voznesensky

The times spat at me. I spit back at the times.

— Andrei Voznesensky

Not all lines, not all images, survive their season.

— Andrei Voznesensky

If you want to change the world's spirit, I will suggest that only poetry can do this.

— Andrei Voznesensky