Iosip Aleksandrovich 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 sensation of this takeover is responsible for timbre; the realization of it, for destiny."

Iosip Aleksandrovich Brodsky "Less Than One: Selected Essays"

Art and Culture

Destiny and Fate

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

Iosip Aleksandrovich Brodsky "Less Than One: Selected Essays"

Sin and Conscience

Truth and Falsity

"The formula for prison is a lack of space counterbalanced by a surplus of time."

Iosip Aleksandrovich Brodsky

Freedom and Servitude

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