Quote by Boris Pasternak
Art has two constant, two unending concerns: It always meditates o

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. – Boris Pasternak

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At the moment of childbirth, every woman has the same aura of isolation, as though she were abandoned, alone. – Boris Pasternak

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alone
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I come here to speak poetry. It will always be in the grass. It will also be necessary to bend down to hear it. It will always be too simple to be discussed in assemblies. – Boris Pasternak

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Poetry
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Literature is the art of discovering something extraordinary about ordinary people, and saying with ordinary words something extraordinary. – Boris Pasternak

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I didnt attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it. – Mark Twain

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Death solves all problems – no man, no problem. – Joseph Stalin

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The coward sneaks to death the brave live on. – George Sewell

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Our life is made by the death of others. – Leonardo da Vinci

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Moral of the Work. In war: resolution. In defeat: defiance. In victory: magnanimity. In peace: goodwill. – Sir Winston Churchill

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Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one. – Stella Adler

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