"At first, art imitates life. Then life..." - Quote by Fyodor Dostoevsky
At first, art imitates life. Then life will imitate art.Then life will find its very existence from the arts.
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“Besides, nowadays, almost all capable people are terribly afraid of being ridiculous, and are miserable because of it.”
“Let it not be a beautiful face,' I thought, 'but to make up for that, let it be a noble, an expressive, and, above all, an extremely intelligent one.”
“Here my tears are falling, Nastenka. Let them flow, let them flow - they don't hurt anybody. They will dry Nastenka.”
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“The writer is an explorer. Every step is an advance into a new land.”
“Writing, the art of communicating thoughts to the mind through the eye, is the great invention of the world.”
“There is no surer method of evading the world than by following Art, and no surer method of linking oneself to it than by Art.”
More on Life
“Waiting for the fish to bite or waiting for wind to fly a kite. Or waiting around for Friday night or waiting perhaps for their Uncle Jake or a pot to boil or a better break or a string of pearls or a pair of pants or a wig with curls or another chance. Everyone is just waiting.”
“We do not need to proselytise either by our speech or by our writing. We can only do so really with our lives. Let our lives be open books for all to study.”
“The latter part of a wise person's life is occupied with curing the follies, prejudices and false opinions they contracted earlier.”