If the poet tries to split himself in two between the man...

If the poet tries to split himself in two between the man and the poet, he will invariably commit suicide as an artist.

Yevgeny Yevtushenko

A Precocious Autobiography (1963)

Yevgeny Yevtushenko Quotes

If the poet tries to split himself in two between the man and the poet, he will invariably commit suicide as an artist.

If the poet tries to split himself in two between the man and the poet, he will invariably commit suicide as an artist.

If the poet tries to split himself in two between the man and the poet, he will invariably commit suicide as an artist.

If the poet tries to split himself in two between the man and the poet, he will invariably commit suicide as an artist.