Perhaps the whisper was born before lips, And the leaves in treelessness circled and flew, And those, to whom we impart our experience as bliss, Acquire their forms before we do

The people need poetry that will be their own secret To keep them awake forever, And bathe them in the bright-haired wave of its breathing.

My turn shall also come: I sense the spreading of a wing.

Where to start? Everything cracks and shakes, The air trembles with similes, No one world's better than another; the earth moans with metaphors.

Only in Russia poetry is respected - it gets people killed.

Poetry is the plough that turns up time in such a way that the abyssal strata of time, its black earth, appear on the surface.

I love my poor earth because I have seen no other.

Logic is the kingdom of the unexpected. To think logically means to be continually amazed.

Perhaps my whisper was already born before my lips.

I was stopped in the dense Soviet wood by bandits who called themselves my judges.

A raznochinets needs no memory—it is enough for him to tell of the books he has read, and his biography is done.

Never settle... go after your dreams aggressively. Ignore the doubters, step over them. Stay focus on your prize.

Man is the highest essence of man, hence with the categorical imperative to overthrow all relations in which man is a debased, enslaved, abandoned, despicable essence.

Problems, obstacles and difficulties are in themselves not a sufficient reason for a person to suffer defeat. It is possible to overcome any obstacle

Man has to live with the body and soul which have fallen to him by chance.

If you aren’t really careful, 'The Good Enough' can become the enemy of 'The Best.'

Time flies, and what is past is done.

As an experienced artist, I carry my work like a secret pregnancy. I am always aware of inner life and the need to protect it.

You cannot be all things to all people. Be unique. Be different. Give to others what you want yourself. And do what you were made to do.

Those who say that I will lose and am finished will have to run over my body to beat me.

It pays to be nice. Maybe not right away, but someday.