Anyone who regards poetry as an entertainment, as a 'read,' commits an anthropological crime, in the first place against himself.
Interpretation
Poetry should be regarded as a profound experience rather than mere entertainment.
In this quote, Joseph Brodsky suggests that treating poetry solely as a form of entertainment diminishes its value and meaning. He argues that engaging with poetry should be a deep, reflective experience that speaks to the human condition, rather than a superficial activity that one engages in casually. Such an approach not only disrespects the art form but also limits personal growth and understanding.
In practice
In a literary discussion about the importance of engaging with art deeply.
Basically, it's hard for me to assess myself, a hardship not only prompted by the immodesty of the enterprise, but because one is not capable of assessing himself, let alone his work. However, if I were to summarize, my main interest is the nature of time. That's what interests me most of all. What time can do to a man.
One always pulls the trigger out of self-interest and quotes history to avoid responsibility or pangs of conscience.
On the whole, infinity is a fairly palpable aspect of this business of publishing, if only because it extends a dead author's existence beyond the limits he envisioned, or provides a living author with a future he cannot measure. In other words, this business deals with the future which we all prefer to regard as unending.
The invention of ethical and political doctrines, which blossomed into our own social sciences, is a product of times when things appeared manageable. The same goes for the criticism of those doctrines, though as a voice from the past, this criticism proved prophetic.
Try not to pay attention to those who will try to make life miserable for you. There will be a lot of those - in the official capacity as well as the self-appointed.
To put it in plain language, Russia is that country where the name of a writer appears not on the cover of his book, but on the door of his prison cell.
If a picture wasn't going very well, I'd put a puppy in it.
Imagination helps the realism of every detail, and only sees the beauties of the work.
Because I cannot work except in solitude, it is necessary that I live my work and that is impossible except in solitude.
I designed 'Buffy' to be an icon, to be an emotional experience, to be loved in a way that other shows can't be loved. Because it's about adolescence, which is the most important thing people go through in their development, becoming an adult.
Thinking should be done before and after, not during photographing. Success depends on the extent of one's general culture. one's set of values, one's clarity of mind one's vivacity. The thing to be feared most is the artificially contrived, the contrary to life.
Botox should be banned for actors, as steroids are for sportsmen. Acting is all about expression; why would you want to iron out a frown?
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