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.


Less Than One: Selected Essays (ed. Penguin UK, 2011) - ISBN: 9780241962008

Joseph Brodsky Quotes

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...

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...

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...

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...