Andrei Voznesensky Professions : PoetBorn : May 12, 1933Died : June 1, 2010 Browse All Authors Quotes From Andrei Voznesensky Poems have their own fates, like children. You have only to give birth to them. Andrei Voznesensky fategivingchildren If you want to change the world's spirit, I will suggest that only poetry can do this. Andrei Voznesensky spiritwantworld The urge to kill, like the urge to beget, Andrei Voznesensky fleshtodaymen The times spat at me. I spit back at the times. Andrei Voznesensky spatsspit Not all lines, not all images, survive their season. Andrei Voznesensky seasonslines Poetry is the only hopeEven if you do not believe it, you have to do it. Andrei Voznesensky poetry-isifsbelieve Similar Authors Abdellatif Laabi poet Ihara Saikaku poet Abram Joseph Ryan poet Ingeborg Bachmann poet Izumi Shikibu poet Bion of Smyrna poetAll Authors