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Novelist

A renowned Russian novelist, born on November 9, 1818, and died on September 3, 1883. His works deeply depicted the changes in Russian society, particularly focusing on the lives of peasants and nobility. His representative works include 'Notes of a Hunter' and 'Fathers and Sons'.

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“Art, if one employs this term in the broad sense that includes poetry within its realm, is an art of creation laden with ideals, located at the very core of the life of a people, defining the spiritual and moral shape of that life.”

People Ifs Art Spiritual Artist Term Moral Creativity Creation Shapes Ideals Core Realms Broads Idealism Defining

Book:Essential Turgenev

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“As for work, without it, without painstaking work, any writer or artist definitely remains a dilettante; there's no point in waiting for so-called blissful moments, for inspiration; if it comes, so much the better--but you keep working anyway.”

Ifs Inspirational Art Moments Inspiration Artist Waiting Work Remains No Point Without Pain Dilettantes

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“I'm through with Tolstoy. He has ceased to exist for me.... If I eat a bowl of soup and like it, I know by that fact alone and with absolute certainty that Tolstoy will find it bad, and vice versa.”

Ifs Knows Facts Absolutes Vices Certainty Bowls Soup Vice Versa Absolute Certainty

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“If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin.”

Ifs Moments Inspiration Motivational Waiting Business Ready Helpful Procrastination Reinvention

Book:The Novels of Ivan Turgenev: Virgin soil

Source: The Novels of Ivan Turgenev: Virgin soil

“I'm incapable of describing the feeling with which I left. I wouldn't want it ever to be repeated, but I would have considered myself unfortunate if I'd never experienced it.”

Ifs Want Feelings Left Unfortunate Incapable Describing

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“Go forward while you can, but if your strength fails you, sit down near the road and gaze without anger or envy at those who pass by. They don't have far to go, either.”

Ifs Failing Anger Envy

Book:Essential Turgenev

Source: Essential Turgenev

About the Author

Born: November 9, 1818
Died: September 3, 1883
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 133

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