. Russian poet novelist and literary translator
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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. Go to Quote / Comment
In every generation there has to be some fool who will speak the truth as he sees it. Go to Quote / Comment
Work is the order of the day, just as it was at one time, with our first starts and our best efforts. Do you remember? Therein lies its delight. It brings back the forgotten; one's stores of energy, seemingly exhausted, come back to life. Go to Quote / Comment
It is no longer possible for lyric poetry to express the immensity of our experience. Life has grown too cumbersome, too complicated. We have acquired values which are best expressed in prose. Go to Quote / Comment
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. Go to Quote / Comment