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Critical Prose and Letters QUOTES

Critical Prose and Letters QUOTES

1 " What tense would you choose to live in? I want to live in the imperative of the future passive participle – in the ‘what ought to be. "

― Osip Mandelstam , Critical Prose and Letters

2 " Logic is the kingdom of the unexpected. To think logically is to be perpetually astonished. "

― Osip Mandelstam , Critical Prose and Letters

3 " We have come to love the music of proof. Logical connection for us is not some popular song about a finch, but a choral symphony, so difficult and so inspired that the conductor must exert all his energy to keep the performers under his control. "

― Osip Mandelstam , Critical Prose and Letters

4 " Life is one in all its manifestations. You must experience everything, be capable of everything, and rejoice in everything. "

― Osip Mandelstam , Critical Prose and Letters

5 " a ship could be built entirely from foreign planks, but it must have its own form "

― Osip Mandelstam , Critical Prose and Letters