A Poet Cannot Be A Party Member

Talent Is Always Conscious Of Its Own Abundance, And Does Not Object To Sharing.

Patriotism Means Unqualified And Unwavering Love For The Nation, Which Implies Not Uncritical Eagerness To Serve, Not Support For Unjust Claims, But Frank Assessment Of Its Vices And Sins, And Penitence For Them.

An Opposition Is Necessary And Desirable For The Healthy Development Of Any Country. You Can Scarcely Find Anyone In Opposition, Except For The Communists, Just Like In Yeltsin's Times. It Is Regrettable That There Is Still No Constructive, Clear And Large-scale Opposition In Russia. The Growth And Development Of An Opposition, As Well As The Maturing Of Other Democratic Institutions, Will Take More Time And Experience.

We Never Know Beforehand How New Posts Or New Work Will Change Us.

This Deliberately Nurtured Hatred Then Spreads To All That Is Alive, To Life Itself, To The World With Its Colors, Sounds, And Shapes, To The Human Body. The Embittered Art Of The Twentieth Century Is Perishing As A Result Of This Ugly Hate, For Art Is Fruitless Without Love. In The East Art Has Collapsed Because It Has Been Knocked Down And Trampled Upon, But In The West The Fall Has Been Voluntary, A Decline Into A Contrived And Pretentious Quest Where The Artist, Instead Of Attempting To Reveal The Divine Plan, Tries To Put Himself In The Place Of God.