Vladislav Khodasevich. Izbrannoe RU

“The man and the poet are not one and the same. And yet they are connected. When we try to sense or imagine what kind of person a poet was, we are driven by more than simple curiosity. I think we hope to learn something important about life, to come closer to something that will not only allow us to better understand the poet’s verse but will also, in some mysterious way, help us become ourselves.”