Quotes by Maxim Gorki

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Literature is... the heart of the universe, winged by all its joys and all its pain, by people's dreams and hopes, by their despair and anger.

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By his very nature, man is an artist. He seeks to bring beauty everywhere in his life, in one way or another.

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The books formed in me... the feeling of responsibility for all the evil in life, awakening also a pious admiration before the creative force of human reason. Deeply penetrated by the truth of my faith, I say to you all: love the book, it makes your life easier, it helps you in a friendly way to manage in the motley, stormy tangle of thoughts, feelings and events in life; it teaches you to respect man and yourself, it wings your mind and heart with the feeling of love for the world, for man.

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True art appears where a mutual and sincere trust is born between the reader and the author.

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The purpose of the writer is to pour out on the world, on people, the overflow of his receptacle of impressions, which is called the soul.

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The truth...the God of the free man.