Famous quotes containing the words russian and/or word:
“I suppose with the French Revolution for a father and the Russian Revolution for a mother, you can very well dispense with a family, he observed.”
—Doris Lessing (b. 1919)
“The word civilization to my mind is coupled with death. When I use the word, I see civilization as a crippling, thwarting thing, a stultifying thing. For me it was always so. I dont believe in the golden ages, you see.... Civilization is the arteriosclerosis of culture.”
—Henry Miller (18911980)