Nikolai Gogol: ...it's not my job to preach a sermon. Art is anyhow a homily. My job is to speak in living images, not in arguments. I

...it's not my job to preach a sermon. Art is anyhow a homily. My job is to spea — Nikolai Gogol

...it's not my job to preach a sermon. Art is anyhow a homily. My job is to speak in living images, not in arguments. I must exhibit life full-face, not discuss life.

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A poet can survive everything but a misprint. — Oscar Wilde
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