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Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: What is it to you if I don't want others to want for me, if I want to want myself - if I want the impossible ...

What is it to you if I don't want others to want for me, if I want to want myself - if I want the impossible ...

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: Revolution is everywhere, in everything. There is no final revolution, no final number.

Revolution is everywhere, in everything. There is no final revolution, no final number.

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: I've read and heard a lot of unbelievable stuff about those times when people lived in freedom that is, in disorganized wildness.

I've read and heard a lot of unbelievable stuff about those times when people lived in freedom
that is, in disorganized wildness.

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: To an artist, creating an image means being in love with it.

To an artist, creating an image means being in love with it.

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: There is no final one; revolutions are infinite.

There is no final one; revolutions are infinite.

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: A point contains more unknowns than anything else; it need but stir, move, and it may turn into thousands of curves, thousands of bodies. I

A point contains more unknowns than anything else; it need but stir, move, and it may turn into thousands of curves, thousands of bodies. I

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: Children are the only brave philosophers. And brave philosophers are, inevitably, children.

Children are the only brave philosophers. And brave philosophers are, inevitably, children.

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: An error is more useful than truth: truth is a thought suffering from arteriosclerosis.

An error is more useful than truth: truth is a thought suffering from arteriosclerosis.

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: But still, how could they write whole libraries about someone like Kant and hardly even notice Taylor-that prophet who could see ten centuries ahead?

But still, how could they write whole libraries about someone like Kant and hardly even notice Taylor-that prophet who could see ten centuries ahead?

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: The world is kept alive only by heretics: the heretic Christ, the heretic Copernicus, the heretic Tolstoy. Our symbol of faith is heresy. ("Tomorrow")

The world is kept alive only by heretics: the heretic Christ, the heretic Copernicus, the heretic Tolstoy. Our symbol of faith is heresy. ("Tomorrow")

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: The mighty power of logic cleanses all it touches.

The mighty power of logic cleanses all it touches.

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: Those two, in paradise, were given a choice: happiness without freedom, or freedom without happiness. There was no third alternative ...

Those two, in paradise, were given a choice: happiness without freedom, or freedom without happiness. There was no third alternative ...

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: The old, slow, creaking descriptions are a thing of the past; today the rule is brevity - but every word must be supercharged, high-voltage.

The old, slow, creaking descriptions are a thing of the past; today the rule is brevity - but every word must be supercharged, high-voltage.

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: There is no joy nobler than suffering for the sake of love for man.

There is no joy nobler than suffering for the sake of love for man.

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: And how can there be a final revolution? There is no final one. The number of revolutions is infinite.

And how can there be a final revolution? There is no final one. The number of revolutions is infinite.

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: You're in a bad way! Apparently, you have developed a soul.

You're in a bad way! Apparently, you have developed a soul.

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: I stopped and listened. But all I could hear was.. a kind of thudding, and not in me but somewhere near me ... my heart.

I stopped and listened. But all I could hear was.. a kind of thudding, and not in me but somewhere near me ... my heart.

$Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: bliss and envy are the numerator and denominator of the fraction known as happiness?$ bliss and envy are the numerator and denominator of the fraction known as happiness?

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: The most effective way of destroying art is the canonization of one given form. And one philosophy.

The most effective way of destroying art is the canonization of one given form. And one philosophy.

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: And what if you don't wait? You just drive over the edge yourself? Wouldn't that be the only right thing to do, the one that would solve everything?

And what if you don't wait? You just drive over the edge yourself? Wouldn't that be the only right thing to do, the one that would solve everything?

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: The whole world is one immense woman, and we are in her very womb, we are not yet born, we are joyfully ripening.

The whole world is one immense woman, and we are in her very womb, we are not yet born, we are joyfully ripening.

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: Explosions are not comfortable.

Explosions are not comfortable.

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: A human being is like a novel: until the last page you don't know how it will end. Or it wouldn't be worth reading.

A human being is like a novel: until the last page you don't know how it will end. Or it wouldn't be worth reading.

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: A person is like a novel: Up to the very last page you don't know how it's going to end. Otherwise, there'd be no point in reading ...

A person is like a novel: Up to the very last page you don't know how it's going to end. Otherwise, there'd be no point in reading ...

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: It is not your fault; you are ill. And the name of your illness is: FANCY.

It is not your fault; you are ill. And the name of your illness is: FANCY.

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: We have long become overgrown with calluses; we no longer hear people being killed. ("X")

We have long become overgrown with calluses; we no longer hear people being killed. ("X")

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: Revolutions are infinite.

Revolutions are infinite.

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: Along the blade of a knife lies the path of paradox - the single most worthy path of the fearless mind ...

Along the blade of a knife lies the path of paradox - the single most worthy path of the fearless mind ...

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: And I learned from my own experience that laughter was the most potent weapon: laughter can kill everything.

And I learned from my own experience that laughter was the most potent weapon: laughter can kill everything.

$Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: Is it not clear, however, that bliss and envy are the numerator and denominator of the fraction called happiness?$ Is it not clear, however, that bliss and envy are the numerator and denominator of the fraction called happiness?

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: Besides, I can't, I no longer have the strength to destroy this painful piece of myself, which might turn out to be the piece I value most.

Besides, I can't, I no longer have the strength to destroy this painful piece of myself, which might turn out to be the piece I value most.

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: The most agonising thing is to drop doubt into a man about his being a reality, three-dimensional - and not some other kind of reality.

The most agonising thing is to drop doubt into a man about his being a reality, three-dimensional - and not some other kind of reality.

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: there should be no love just because, but only 'love because of.

there should be no love just because, but only 'love because of.

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: The microspeed of the tongue ought to be always slightly less than the microspeed of the thoughts and certainly not ever the reverse.

The microspeed of the tongue ought to be always slightly less than the microspeed of the thoughts and certainly not ever the reverse.

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: Here I saw, with my own eyes, that laughter was the most terrible weapon: you can kill anything with laughter - even murder itself.

Here I saw, with my own eyes, that laughter was the most terrible weapon: you can kill anything with laughter - even murder itself.

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: Imagine yourself standing on a shore: waves rhythmically rising, rising, and then suddenly they stay there, they set, they freeze.

Imagine yourself standing on a shore: waves rhythmically rising, rising, and then suddenly they stay there, they set, they freeze.

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: To reflect the entire spectrum, the dynamics of the adventure novel must be invested with a philosophic synthesis of one kind or another.

To reflect the entire spectrum, the dynamics of the adventure novel must be invested with a philosophic synthesis of one kind or another.

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: Dogma, static positions, consonance - all these are obstacles to catching the disease of art, at least in its more complex forms.

Dogma, static positions, consonance - all these are obstacles to catching the disease of art, at least in its more complex forms.

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: Heretics are the only [bitter] remedy against the entropy of human thought.("Literature, Revolution, and Entropy")

Heretics are the only [bitter] remedy against the entropy of human thought.
("Literature, Revolution, and Entropy")

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: Her smile was a bite, and I was its target.

Her smile was a bite, and I was its target.

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: ... the natural course from nullity to grandeur is to forget that you are a gramme and to feel that you are a millionth part of a ton.

... the natural course from nullity to grandeur is to forget that you are a gramme and to feel that you are a millionth part of a ton.

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: The ancient God created the old man, capable of erringthus he erred himself.

The ancient God created the old man, capable of erring
thus he erred himself.

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: There is an excellent way to make predictions without the slightest risk of error: predict the past.

There is an excellent way to make predictions without the slightest risk of error: predict the past.

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: The nights were long, like the braids of a pretty girl, and the days were short, like a girl's sense. ("The North")

The nights were long, like the braids of a pretty girl, and the days were short, like a girl's sense. ("The North")

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: The whole of life, in all its complexity and beauty, has been etched into the gold of words.

The whole of life, in all its complexity and beauty, has been etched into the gold of words.

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: The art of the word is painting + architecture + music.

The art of the word is painting + architecture + music.

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: The government (or humanity) would not permit capital punishment for one man, but they permitted the murder of millions a little at a time.

The government (or humanity) would not permit capital punishment for one man, but they permitted the murder of millions a little at a time.

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: How awful for you! By the looks of it, you've developed a soul.

How awful for you! By the looks of it, you've developed a soul.

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: All women are lips, nothing but lips.

All women are lips, nothing but lips.

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: A man is like a novel: until the very last page you don't know how it will end. Otherwise it wouldn't even be worth reading.

A man is like a novel: until the very last page you don't know how it will end. Otherwise it wouldn't even be worth reading.

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: The purpose of art ... is not to reflect life but to organize it, to build it.

The purpose of art ... is not to reflect life but to organize it, to build it.

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: All of life in its complexity and beauty is forever minted in the gold of words.

All of life in its complexity and beauty is forever minted in the gold of words.

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: Love and hunger rule the world. Ergo, to rule the world, one must master love and hunger.

Love and hunger rule the world. Ergo, to rule the world, one must master love and hunger.

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: And everyone must lose his mind, everyone must! The sooner the better! It is essential - I know it.

And everyone must lose his mind, everyone must! The sooner the better! It is essential - I know it.

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: You're in bad shape. It looks like you're developing a soul.

You're in bad shape. It looks like you're developing a soul.

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: All truths are erroneous. This is the very essence of the dialectical process: today's truths become errors tomorrow; there is no final number.

All truths are erroneous. This is the very essence of the dialectical process: today's truths become errors tomorrow; there is no final number.

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: Every genuine poet is necessarily a Columbus. America existed for centuries before Columbus but it was only Columbus who was able to track it down.

Every genuine poet is necessarily a Columbus. America existed for centuries before Columbus but it was only Columbus who was able to track it down.

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: Everyone has to go mad, it's essential fir everyone to go mad - as soon as possible! It's essential - I know.

Everyone has to go mad, it's essential fir everyone to go mad - as soon as possible! It's essential - I know.

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: We comes from God, I from the Devil.

We comes from God, I from the Devil.

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: During the first firing a dozen or so numbers from the dock neglected to get out of the way - nothing remained of them except some crumbs and soot.

During the first firing a dozen or so numbers from the dock neglected to get out of the way - nothing remained of them except some crumbs and soot.

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: The speed of a tongue should always go some seconds behind the speed of thought, never the other way around.

The speed of a tongue should always go some seconds behind the speed of thought, never the other way around.

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: Shutting my eyes, I dreamed in formulas.

Shutting my eyes, I dreamed in formulas.

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: The inner world: those spiritual apartments to which we are reluctant to admit strangers.

The inner world: those spiritual apartments to which we are reluctant to admit strangers.

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: Everything used to revolve around the sun; now I knew it all revolved around me-slowly, blissfully, squinting its eyes.

Everything used to revolve around the sun; now I knew it all revolved around me-slowly, blissfully, squinting its eyes.

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: And what is strangest of all, most unnatural of all, is that the finger hasn't got the slightest desire to be on the hand, to be with the others;

And what is strangest of all, most unnatural of all, is that the finger hasn't got the slightest desire to be on the hand, to be with the others;

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: Knowledge, absolutely sure of its infallibility, is faith

Knowledge, absolutely sure of its infallibility, is faith

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: Literature is painting, architecture, and music.

Literature is painting, architecture, and music.

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: There were two in paradise and the choice was offered to them: happiness without freedom, or freedom without happiness.

There were two in paradise and the choice was offered to them: happiness without freedom, or freedom without happiness.

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: At night numbers must sleep; it is their duty, just as it is their duty to work in the daytime. Not sleeping at night is a criminal offense.

At night numbers must sleep; it is their duty, just as it is their duty to work in the daytime. Not sleeping at night is a criminal offense.

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: She was like a candle that just went out. All the circles that made her up suddenly got lopsided and warped.

She was like a candle that just went out. All the circles that made her up suddenly got lopsided and warped.

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: My dear, you are a mathematician. You're even more, you're a philosopher of mathematics. So do this for me: Tell me the final number.

My dear, you are a mathematician. You're even more, you're a philosopher of mathematics. So do this for me: Tell me the final number.

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: The moon hangs alien, heavy, like a lock on a door; the door is tightly shut. ("The North")

The moon hangs alien, heavy, like a lock on a door; the door is tightly shut. ("The North")

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: If we have no heretics we must invent them, for heresy is essential to health and growth.

If we have no heretics we must invent them, for heresy is essential to health and growth.

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: Now I no longer live in our clear, rational world; I live in the ancient nightmare world, the world of square roots of minus one.

Now I no longer live in our clear, rational world; I live in the ancient nightmare world, the world of square roots of minus one.

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: I prefer being wrong in my own way to being right in someone else's.

I prefer being wrong in my own way to being right in someone else's.

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: The only means of ridding man of crime is ridding him of freedom.

The only means of ridding man of crime is ridding him of freedom.

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: Sentences of the court on moral issues are always passed in absentia.

Sentences of the court on moral issues are always passed in absentia.

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: We need writers who fear nothing. ("Our Goal")

We need writers who fear nothing. ("Our Goal")

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: Final things are for children, because infinity scares children, and it is important that children sleep peacefully at night.

Final things are for children, because infinity scares children, and it is important that children sleep peacefully at night.

Yevgeny Zamyatin quotes: It is not possible to build on negative emotions. Genuine literature will come only when we replace hatred for man with love for man.

It is not possible to build on negative emotions. Genuine literature will come only when we replace hatred for man with love for man.