“ [T]he accumulation of things not spelled out, not properly articulated, may result in neurosis. 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 is not widely distributed. Joseph Brodsky
“ [T]he longer you stay skeptical, doubtful, intellectually uncomfortable, the better it is for you. Joseph Brodsky
“ This assumption that the blue collar crowd is not supposed to read it, or a farmer in his overalls is not to read poetry, seems to be dangerous if not tragic. Joseph Brodsky
“ To translate poetry, one has to possess some art, at the very least the art of stylistic re-embodiment. Joseph Brodsky
“ If what distinguishes us from other species is speech, then poetry, which is the supreme linguistic operation, is our anthropological - indeed, genetic - goal. Joseph Brodsky
“ Poetry is rather an approach to things, to life, than it is typographical production. Joseph Brodsky
“ People who buy 'The National Enquirer' would buy poetry. They should be given a choice. I'm absolutely serious. Joseph Brodsky
“ My idea is simply - is very simple - is that the books of poetry should be published in far greater volume and be distributed in far greater volume, in far more substantial manner. You can sell in sup… Joseph Brodsky
“ Poetry seems to be the only weapon able to beat language, using language's own means. Joseph Brodsky
“ The charge frequently leveled against poetry - that it is difficult, obscure, hermetic and whatnot - indicates not the state of poetry but, frankly, the rung of the evolutionary ladder on which societ… Joseph Brodsky
“ I belong to the Russian language. As to the state, from my point of view, the measure of a writer's patriotism is not oaths from a high platform, but how he writes in the language of the people among… Joseph Brodsky
