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A poet is a combination of an instrument and a human being in one person, with the former gradually taking over the latter. The sensation of this takeover is responsible for timbre; the realization of it, for destiny. - Joseph Brodsky
Attribution: Joseph Brodsky (b. 1940), Russian–born U.S. poet, critic. (First published 1979). “A Poet and Prose,” sect. 2, Less Than One: Selected Essays (1986).

Categories: Critic, Poetry And Poets

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