“Meanings are translatable. Words are untranslatable… More briefly – a word is translatable, its sound is not.” Quote by Marina Tsvetaeva
“The people need poetry that will be their own secret To keep them awake forever, And bathe them in the bright-haired wave of its breathing.” PeopleNeedsSecretForeverWaveBreathingAwake Author:Osip Mandelstam
“The whole of life is symbolic because the whole of it has meaning.” WholeLife IsSymbolic Author:Boris Pasternak
“It snowed and snowed, the whole world over, Snow swept the world from end to end. A candle burned on the table; A candle burned.” WorldEndsWholeTablesWhole WorldSnowCandleBurnedJanuaryWinter Time Author:Boris Pasternak
“What for centuries raised man above the beast is not the cudgel but the irresistible power of unarmed truth.” MenCenturyRaisedBeastIrresistibleUnarmed Author:Boris Pasternak
“With your whole body, with your whole heart, with your whole conscience, listen to the Revolution....This is the music everyone who has ears should hear.” ShouldHeartWholeBodyRevolutionConscienceEars Author:Alexander Blok
“On the pavement of my trampled soul the steps of madmen weave the prints of rude crude words.” SoulStepsPrintRudeMadmenCrudePavement Book:Klop, Stikhi, Poėmy Source: Klop, Stikhi, Poėmy
“Art must not be concentrated in dead shrines called museums. lt must be spread everywhere – on the streets, in the trams, factories, workshops, and in the workers' homes.” ArtHomeCultureStreetsWorkersSpreadMuseumsFactoriesWorkshopsShrinesTrams Author:Vladimir Mayakovsky