Joseph Brodsky

For the poet the credo or doctrine is not the point of arrival but is, on the contrary, the point of departure for the metaphysical journey. ↗

— Joseph Brodsky

#contrary #departure #doctrine #journey #metaphysical

Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family. ↗

— Joseph Brodsky

#cherish #connections #family #friends #friends and family

Man is what he reads. ↗

— Joseph Brodsky

#reads

Poetry is rather an approach to things, to life, than it is typographical production. ↗

— Joseph Brodsky

#life #poetry #production #rather #than

The poetic notion of infinity is far greater than that which is sponsored by any creed. ↗

— Joseph Brodsky

#creed #far #greater #infinity #notion

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

— Joseph Brodsky

#first #history #lie #real #real history

This is the generation whose first cry of life was the Hungarian uprising. ↗

— Joseph Brodsky

#first #generation #hungarian #life #uprising

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

— Joseph Brodsky

#beauty #cities #everything #i #king

Who included me among the ranks of the human race? ↗

— Joseph Brodsky

#human #human race #included #me #race

It is well to read everything of something, and something of everything. ↗

— Joseph Brodsky

#read #something #well