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Quote by Boris Pasternak
Literature is the art of discovering something extraordinary about

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

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You fall into my arms. You are the good gift of destructions path, When life sickens more than disease. And boldness is the root of beauty. Which draws us together. – Boris Pasternak

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Beauty
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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. – Boris Pasternak

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Translation
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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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To an engineer, good enough means perfect. With an artist, theres no such thing as perfect. – Alexander Calder

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Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art. – Ansel Adams

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My hand is the extension of the thinking process – the creative process. – Tadao Ando

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Art is your personal diary where you may color your thoughts and emotions on a page. – Sara, Los Cerros Middle School, 1999

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