Quotes by Valeri Briusov

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I prefer to be with the beautiful, even if the world turns out to be so cruel that the beautiful can no longer live in its midst. I prefer to be with the truth, even if the whole world is destined to follow the lie.

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Only he who is not afraid of defeat can win.

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When you've lit a torch, you can't hold it down.

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Each man is a distinct personality, which will never be repeated. Men differ by the very essence of their souls; their similarity is only superficial (external). The more one becomes himself, the more deeply he begins to understand himself, and the more clearly his original features emerge.

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The methods of creation may change, but a soul embedded in a work of art can never die or grow old. If the language of a poem still allows us to read it, if the intention of a sculptor can still be discerned from collected fragments, then the soul of a creator has not died even for us, the living.

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Man dies, but his soul, which is not subject to destruction, escapes and lives another life. But if the deceased person was an artist, if he hid his life in sounds, colors or words, his soul is always the same, alive for the earth and for mankind...

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No amount of genius can compensate for lack of taste.