Vladimir Mayakovsky

Poet

Vladimir Mayakovsky

"I want the pen to work like a bayonet."

— Vladimir Mayakovsky, Poet

Vladimir Mayakovsky

"Art is not a mirror held up to reality, but a hammer with which to shape it."

— Vladimir Mayakovsky, Poet

Vladimir Mayakovsky

"I do not want to be equal with others — I want to stand taller."

— Vladimir Mayakovsky, Poet

Vladimir Mayakovsky

"If you work for a star, it will begin to shine for you."

— Vladimir Mayakovsky, Poet

Vladimir Mayakovsky

"I am a human being — nothing human is alien to me."

— Vladimir Mayakovsky, Poet

Vladimir Mayakovsky

"I want the pen to be compared to the bayonet; and Stalin to present a report about the output of poetry."

— Vladimir Mayakovsky, Poet

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