Quotes by Yevgeny Yevtushenko

A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else is just a footnote. (Yevgeny Yevtushenko)

Envy is an insult to oneself. (Yevgeny Yevtushenko)

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. (Yevgeny Yevtushenko)

Justice is like a train that is nearly always late. (Yevgeny Yevtushenko)

Literature has to serve as a moral control of politics. (Yevgeny Yevtushenko)

Time has a way of demonstrating that the most stubborn are the most intelligent. (Yevgeny Yevtushenko)

Translation is like a woman. If it is beautiful, it is not faithful. If it is faithful, it is most certainly not beautiful. (Yevgeny Yevtushenko)