Poetry Quote by Ossip Mandelstam — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“gathering flowers so very delicate a girl”

“The Wit of Cheats, the Courage of a Whore,”

“To be a poet is a condition, not a profession.”

“Doubt not, O poet, but persist. Say 'It is in me, and shall out.' Stand there, balked and dumb, stuttering and stammering, hissed and hooted, stand and strive, until at last rage draw out of thee that dream-power which every night shows thee is thine own; a power transcending all limit and privacy, and by virtue of which a man is the conductor of the whole river of electricity.”

“And in the end,”

“Let me keep my distance, always, from those”