“And I walk out of space Into an overgrown garden of values, And tear up seeming stability And self-comprehension of causes. And your, infinity, textbook I read by myself, without people - Leafless, savage medical book, A problem book of gigantic radicals.” PeopleBookSelfProblemValuesCausesSpaceWalksTearsGardenMedicalRadicalStabilityInfinitySavagesComprehensionSeemingTextbooks Author:Osip Mandelstam
“Only in Russia poetry is respected - it gets people killed.” PeopleRussiaPoetry Is Author:Osip Mandelstam
“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.” PeopleNeedsSecretForeverWaveBreathingAwake Author:Osip Mandelstam