“A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else is just a footnote.” PoetryAutobiography Author:Yevgeny Yevtushenko
“How can the confessor teach/ those who are lost and sick at heart,/ when he himself, among the sinners,/ is worst, and most forsaken?/ It is only a game we play/ with other people's sins./ Besides, everyone knows/ that everyone lies confessing.” PoetrySinsRussianSinnersConfessor Book:Stolen Apples Source: Stolen Apples
“A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else can only be a footnote.” PoetryHistoryPoetPoeticAutobiographyFootnotes Author:Yevgeny Yevtushenko
“Poetry is like a bird, it ignores all frontiers.” PoetryBirdPoetry IsFrontiersNew Frontiers Author:Yevgeny Yevtushenko
