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TURGENJEV ~ ON POETS

Published on 19 June 2011 in The words that make sense... brilliant writings by writers... by Monique

A poet must be a psychologist, but a secret one: he should know and feel the roots of phenomena but present only the phenomena themselves in full bloom or as they fade away.

Ivan Turgenjev

Painting

Portrait of Turgenjev by Ilja Repin

PAUL BOURGUET ~ ON DREAMS

Published on 3 February 2011 in Art & the Unconscious Mind by Monique

“Dreams are but lies, says an old maxim; but when our last hour is at hand, and but a few brief minutes are left to what was I, pale lights that are fast growing dim, who can tell by what mark to distinguish you, O memories of the actual life, from you, O mirages from the dream life.” –
Paul Bourguet

Painting is Sadko, 1876 by Ilja Repin