More Quotes by Yevgeny Yevtushenko
He who is conceived in a cage, yearns for the cage.
To partly remain a child: that is to be really mature.
Those who are used to a cage will weep for a cage.
In Russia all tyrants believe poets to be their worst enemies.
There is no need to fear the strong. All one needs is to know the method of overcoming them. There is a special jujitsu for every strong man.
In general, in poetry and literature, I am among those people who believe that too much is indispensable.
A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else can only be a footnote.
When there is freedom of speech, I've found that the majority of people really have nothing to say.
Life is a rainbow which also includes black.
Ever since then I have known that if all the values in this world are more or less questionable, the most important thing in life is kindness.