Man is born to live, not to prepare for life.
BORIS PASTERNAKHe realised, more vividly than ever before, that art had two constant, two unending preoccupations: it is always meditating upon death and it is always thereby creating life.
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He realised, more vividly than ever before, that art had two constant, two unending preoccupations: it is always meditating upon death and it is always thereby creating life.
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When a great moment knocks on the door of your life, it is often no louder than the beating of your heart, and it is very easy to miss it.
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As in an explosion, I would erupt with all the wonderful things I saw and understood in this world.
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In every generation there has to be some fool who will speak the truth as he sees it.
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What is laid down, ordered, factual is never enough to embrace the whole truth: life always spills over the rim of every cup.
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At the moment of childbirth, every woman has the same aura of isolation, as though she were abandoned, alone.
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As far as modern writing is concerned, it is rarely rewarding to translate it, although it might be easy. Translation is very much like copying paintings.
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The whole wide world is a cathedral; I stand inside, the air is calm, And from afar at times there reaches My ear the echo of a psalm.
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You and I, it’s as though we have been taught to kiss in heaven and sent down to earth together, to see if we know what we were taught.
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We’re all time’s captives, hostages to eternity.
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How wonderful to be alive, he thought. But why does it always hurt?
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I hate everything you say, but not enough to kill you for it.
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Mother Russia is on the move, she can’t stand still, she’s restless and can’t find rest, she’s talking and she can’t stop.
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I used to be very revolutionary, but now I think that nothing can be gained by brute force. People must be drawn to good by goodness.
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And remember: you must never, under any circumstances, despair. To hope and to act, these are our duties in misfortune.
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I love you wildly, insanely, infinitely.
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Poetry is a rich, full-bodied whistle, cracked ice crunching in pails, the night that numbs the leaf, the duel of two nightingales, the sweet pea that has run wild, Creation’s tears in shoulder blades.
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Art always serves beauty, and beauty is the joy of possessing form, and form is the key to organic life since no living thing can exist without it.
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She was here on earth to make sense of its wild enchantments.
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Art has two constant, two unending concerns: It always meditates on death and thus always creates life. All great, genuine art resembles and continues the Revelation of St John.
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Most people experience love, without noticing that there is anything remarkable about it.
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The most extraordinary discoveries are made when the artist is overwhelmed by what he has to say.
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Failure to love is almost like murder.
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No bad man can be a good poet.
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I don’t like people who have never fallen or stumbled. Their virtue is lifeless and it isn’t of much value. Life hasn’t revealed its beauty to them.
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Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.
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