Facts about Yevgeny Yevtushenko

Occup.Poet
FromRussia
BornJuly 18, 1933
Age91 years

Summary

Yevgeny Yevtushenko is a famous Poet from Russia, he/she is 91 years old and still alive, born July 18, 1933.

Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac cancer, who is known for Emotion, Diplomatic, Intensity, Impulsive, Selective. Our collection contains 15 quotes who is written / told by Yevgeny, under the main topic Poetry.

15 Famous quotes by Yevgeny Yevtushenko

Small: Literature has to serve as a moral control of politics
"Literature has to serve as a moral control of politics"
Small: In my blood there is no Jewish blood. In their callous rage, all anti-Semites must hate me now as a Jew
"In my blood there is no Jewish blood. In their callous rage, all anti-Semites must hate me now as a Jew. For that reason I am a true Russian"
Small: In Russia all tyrants believe poets to be their worst enemies
"In Russia all tyrants believe poets to be their worst enemies"
Small: Why is it that right-wing bastards always stand shoulder to shoulder in solidarity, while liberals fall
"Why is it that right-wing bastards always stand shoulder to shoulder in solidarity, while liberals fall out among themselves?"
Small: Sorrow happens, hardship happens, the hell with it, who never knew the price of happiness, will not be
"Sorrow happens, hardship happens, the hell with it, who never knew the price of happiness, will not be happy"
Small: Envy is an insult to oneself
"Envy is an insult to oneself"
Small: A poets autobiography is his poetry. Anything else is just a footnote
"A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else is just a footnote"
Small: Time has a way of demonstrating that the most stubborn are the most intelligent
"Time has a way of demonstrating that the most stubborn are the most intelligent"
Small: Justice is like a train that is nearly always late
"Justice is like a train that is nearly always late"
Small: Poetry is like a bird, it ignores all frontiers
"Poetry is like a bird, it ignores all frontiers"
Small: Translation is like a woman. If it is beautiful, it is not faithful. If it is faithful, it is most cert
"Translation is like a woman. If it is beautiful, it is not faithful. If it is faithful, it is most certainly not beautiful"
Small: He who is conceived in a cage yearns for the cage
"He who is conceived in a cage yearns for the cage"
Small: Give me a mystery - just a plain and simple one - a mystery which is diffidence and silence, a slim lit
"Give me a mystery - just a plain and simple one - a mystery which is diffidence and silence, a slim little bare-foot mystery: give me a mystery - just one!"
Small: I love sport because I love life, and sport is one of the basic joys of life
"I love sport because I love life, and sport is one of the basic joys of life"
Small: Only when the sense of the pain of others begins does man begin
"Only when the sense of the pain of others begins does man begin"