I don’t want to dive into that mud slide, which is what I consider the literary process. — Joseph Brodsky
The poetic notion of infinity is far greater than that which is sponsored by any creed. — Joseph Brodsky
Life is a game with many rules but no referee. One learns how to play it more by watching it than by consulting any book — Joseph Brodsky
For the poet the credo or doctrine is not the point of arrival but is, on the contrary — Joseph Brodsky
I do not believe in political movements. I believe in personal movement, that movement of the soul when — Joseph Brodsky
What I like about cities is that everything is king size, the beauty and the ugliness. — Joseph Brodsky
Poetry is rather an approach to things, to life, than it is typographical production. — Joseph Brodsky
It would be enough for me to have the system of a jury of twelve versus the system of one judge — Joseph Brodsky
Life – the way it really is – is a battle not between bad and good but between bad and worse. — Joseph Brodsky
For boredom speaks the language of time, and it is to teach you the most valuable lesson of your life — Joseph Brodsky
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