„Je zaujatý osudem civilizace v dnešní době.“
o Josifu Brodskim
Originál: (en) He's preoccupied with the fate of civilization in our time.
Zdroj: [Howell, Raines, Exiled Soviet Poet Wins Nobel Prize in Literature, nytimes, 1987-10-23, 2011-06-14, http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/09/17/specials/brodsky-nobel.html?_r=2]
