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title: "58 Poetry Quotes By Joseph Brodsky"
description: "Poetry quotes by Joseph Brodsky discuss the poet’s role, language, and cultural ties."
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> [Poetry is not an art or a branch of art: it's something more.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-brodsky/poetry-is-not-an-art-or-a-branch-of-art-it-s-something-more/)

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> [After the last line of a poem, nothing follows except literary criticism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-brodsky/after-the-last-line-of-a-poem-nothing-follows-except-literary/)

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> [Poetry is what is gained in translation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-brodsky/poetry-is-what-is-gained-in-translation/)

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> [Tyranny will make an entire population into readers of poetry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-brodsky/tyranny-will-make-an-entire-population-into-readers-of-poetry/)

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> [I am a patriot, but I must say that English poetry is the richest in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-brodsky/i-am-a-patriot-but-i-must-say-that-english-poetry-is-the-richest-in/)

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> [I'm no parasite. I'm a poet who will bring honor and glory to his country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-brodsky/i-m-no-parasite-i-m-a-poet-who-will-bring-honor-and-glory-to-his/)

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> [In poetic thought, the role of the subconscious is played by euphony.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-brodsky/in-poetic-thought-the-role-of-the-subconscious-is-played-by-euphony/)

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> [My intention is to write poems. That's what I've been doing most of my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-brodsky/my-intention-is-to-write-poems-that-s-what-i-ve-been-doing-most-of-my/)

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> [The one who writes a poem writes it above all because verse writing is an extraordinary accelerator of conscience, of thinking, of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-brodsky/the-one-who-writes-a-poem-writes-it-above-all-because-verse-writing/)

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> [Prose is admittedly an art rooted in social intercourse, and a fiction writer is faster to find a common denominator with his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-brodsky/prose-is-admittedly-an-art-rooted-in-social-intercourse-and-a-fiction/)

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> [It's a maddening thing in itself to look at an old poem of yours. To translate it is even more maddening.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-brodsky/it-s-a-maddening-thing-in-itself-to-look-at-an-old-poem-of-yours-to/)

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> [Poetry seems to be the only weapon able to beat language, using language's own means.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-brodsky/poetry-seems-to-be-the-only-weapon-able-to-beat-language-using/)

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> [People who buy 'The National Enquirer' would buy poetry. They should be given a choice. I'm absolutely serious.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-brodsky/people-who-buy-the-national-enquirer-would-buy-poetry-they-should-be/)

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> [There is nothing odder than to apply an analytical device to a synthetic phenomenon: for instance, to write in English about a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-brodsky/there-is-nothing-odder-than-to-apply-an-analytical-device-to-a/)

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> [Once I stop being a citizen of the U.S.S.R., I will not stop being a Russian poet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-brodsky/once-i-stop-being-a-citizen-of-the-u-s-s-r-i-will-not-stop-being-a/)

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> [I wrote poems. That is my work. I am convinced... I believe that what I wrote will be useful to people not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-brodsky/i-wrote-poems-that-is-my-work-i-am-convinced-i-believe-that-what-i/)

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> [A person sets out to write a poem for a variety of reasons: to win the heart of his beloved; to express…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-brodsky/a-person-sets-out-to-write-a-poem-for-a-variety-of-reasons-to-win-the/)

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> [I was quite happy in Arkhangelsk.Subsequently, I was sent to a village. I liked it in its own way because it sounded…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-brodsky/i-was-quite-happy-in-arkhangelsk-subsequently-i-was-sent-to-a-village/)

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> [The real biographies of poets are like those of birds, almost identical - their data are in the way they sound. A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-brodsky/the-real-biographies-of-poets-are-like-those-of-birds-almost/)

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> [Beginning a poem, the poet as a rule doesn't know the way it's going to come out, and at times, he is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-brodsky/beginning-a-poem-the-poet-as-a-rule-doesn-t-know-the-way-it-s-going/)

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> [It is not just shameful for a contemporary American poet to use rhymes, it is unthinkable. It seems banal to him; he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-brodsky/it-is-not-just-shameful-for-a-contemporary-american-poet-to-use/)

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> [The more one reads poetry, the less tolerant one becomes of any sort of verbosity, be that in political or philosophical discourse,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-brodsky/the-more-one-reads-poetry-the-less-tolerant-one-becomes-of-any-sort/)

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> [The charge frequently leveled against poetry - that it is difficult, obscure, hermetic and whatnot - indicates not the state of poetry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-brodsky/the-charge-frequently-leveled-against-poetry-that-it-is-difficult/)

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> [At certain periods of history it is only poetry that is capable of dealing with reality by condensing it into something graspable,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-brodsky/at-certain-periods-of-history-it-is-only-poetry-that-is-capable-of/)

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> [If a poet has any obligation toward society, it is to write well. Being in the minority, he has no other choice.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-brodsky/if-a-poet-has-any-obligation-toward-society-it-is-to-write-well-being/)

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> [Judge: And what is your occupation in general? Brodsky: Poet, poet-translator. Judge: And who recognized you to be a poet? Who put…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-brodsky/judge-and-what-is-your-occupation-in-general-brodsky-poet-poet/)

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> [Literature sort of makes your daily operation, your daily conduct, the management of your affairs in the society a bit more complex.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-brodsky/literature-sort-of-makes-your-daily-operation-your-daily-conduct-the/)

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> [By failing to read or listen to poets, society dooms itself to inferior modes of articulation, those of the politician, the salesman,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-brodsky/by-failing-to-read-or-listen-to-poets-society-dooms-itself-to/)

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> [Because every book of art, be it a poem or a cupola, is understandably a self-portrait of its author, we won't strain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-brodsky/because-every-book-of-art-be-it-a-poem-or-a-cupola-is-understandably/)

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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 trying to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-brodsky/my-poems-getting-published-in-russia-doesn-t-make-me-feel-in-any/)

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> [American poetry is this country's greatest patrimony. It takes a stranger to see some things clearly. This is one of them, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-brodsky/american-poetry-is-this-country-s-greatest-patrimony-it-takes-a/)

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> [For the poet the credo or doctrine is not the point of arrival but is, on the contrary, the point of departure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-brodsky/for-the-poet-the-credo-or-doctrine-is-not-the-point-of-arrival-but-is/)

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> [One who writes a poem writes it because the language prompts, or simply dictates, the next line.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-brodsky/one-who-writes-a-poem-writes-it-because-the-language-prompts-or/)

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> [Poetry is rather an approach to things, to life, than it is typographical production.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-brodsky/poetry-is-rather-an-approach-to-things-to-life-than-it-is/)

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> [Every individual ought to know at least one poet from cover to cover: if not as a guide through the world, then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-brodsky/every-individual-ought-to-know-at-least-one-poet-from-cover-to-cover/)

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> [I am losing my Soviet citizenship, I do not cease to be a Russian poet. I believe that I will return. Poets…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-brodsky/i-am-losing-my-soviet-citizenship-i-do-not-cease-to-be-a-russian-poet/)

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> [Weaknesses have a certain function in a poem... some strategy in order to pave the reader's way to the impact of this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-brodsky/weaknesses-have-a-certain-function-in-a-poem-some-strategy-in-order/)

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> [Poetry isn't just different from prose, it's more important for the human species.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-brodsky/poetry-isn-t-just-different-from-prose-it-s-more-important-for-the/)

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> [Poems, novels - these things belong to the nation, to the culture, and the people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-brodsky/poems-novels-these-things-belong-to-the-nation-to-the-culture-and-the/)

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> [American poetry to me is a sort of relentless, nonstop sermon on human autonomy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-brodsky/american-poetry-to-me-is-a-sort-of-relentless-nonstop-sermon-on-human/)

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## More by Joseph Brodsky

> [As long as the state permits itself to interfere in the affairs of literature, literature has the right to interfere with the affairs of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-brodsky/as-long-as-the-state-permits-itself-to-interfere-in-the-affairs-of/)

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> [For some odd reason, the expression 'death of a poet' always sounds somewhat more concrete than 'life of a poet.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-brodsky/for-some-odd-reason-the-expression-death-of-a-poet-always-sounds/)

[Joseph Brodsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-brodsky/)

> [A poet is a combination of an instrument and a human being in one person, with the former gradually taking over the latter. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-brodsky/a-poet-is-a-combination-of-an-instrument-and-a-human-being-in-one/)

[Joseph Brodsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-brodsky/)

> [On the whole, love comes with the speed of light; separation, with that of sound.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-brodsky/on-the-whole-love-comes-with-the-speed-of-light-separation-with-that/)

[Joseph Brodsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-brodsky/)

> [“In the business of writing, what one accumulates is not experience but uncertainties.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-brodsky/in-the-business-of-writing-what-one-accumulates-is-not-experience-but/)

[Joseph Brodsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-brodsky/)

> [I haven't shifted language. I'm writing in English because I like it. I'm a sucker for the language, but the good old poems I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-brodsky/i-haven-t-shifted-language-i-m-writing-in-english-because-i-like-it-i/)

[Joseph Brodsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-brodsky/)

> [Perhaps the best proof of the Almighty's existence is that we never know when we are to die.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-brodsky/perhaps-the-best-proof-of-the-almighty-s-existence-is-that-we-never/)

[Joseph Brodsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-brodsky/)

> [I grew up in the sort of cultural milieu that always regarded conversations about the political discourse as tremendously low-brow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-brodsky/i-grew-up-in-the-sort-of-cultural-milieu-that-always-regarded/)

[Joseph Brodsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-brodsky/)

> [“What gets left of a man amounts to a part. To his spoken part. To a part of speech”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-brodsky/what-gets-left-of-a-man-amounts-to-a-part-to-his-spoken-part-to-a/)

[Joseph Brodsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-brodsky/)

> [“secrecy is a hotbed of vanity”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-brodsky/secrecy-is-a-hotbed-of-vanity/)

[Joseph Brodsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-brodsky/)

> [“The instinctive preference was to read rather than to act. No wonder our actual lives were more or less a shambles”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-brodsky/the-instinctive-preference-was-to-read-rather-than-to-act-no-wonder/)

[Joseph Brodsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-brodsky/)

> [Americans have been tremendously fortunate in poetry, regarding both the quantity and quality of poetry produced. Unfortunately, it remains in schools and universities; it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-brodsky/americans-have-been-tremendously-fortunate-in-poetry-regarding-both/)

[Joseph Brodsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-brodsky/)

> [Life—the way it really is—is a battle not between good and bad, but between bad and worse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-brodsky/life-the-way-it-really-is-is-a-battle-not-between-good-and-bad-but/)

[Joseph Brodsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-brodsky/)

> [Poems, novels - these things belong to the nation, to the culture, and the people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-brodsky/poems-novels-these-things-belong-to-the-nation-to-the-culture-and-the/)

[Joseph Brodsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-brodsky/)

> [“If there is any substitute for love, it is memory.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-brodsky/if-there-is-any-substitute-for-love-it-is-memory/)

[Joseph Brodsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-brodsky/)

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