The only substitute for an experience we ourselves have never lived through is art, literature.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Nobel Prize Lecture

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Topic

Power of art Power of literature

Author

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Source

Nobel Prize Lecture

Medium

Speech

Language

Russian

Time

1972 1970s 20th century

Occupation

Political dissident Writer

From

Russia Europe

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr. Nobel Lecture in Literature. 1970, Swedish Academy, Stockholm, Sweden.

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We don't need no education.
We don't need no thought control.
No dark sarcasm in the classroom.
Teacher, leave them kids alone.
Hey! Teacher! Leave them kids alone!

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Topic
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Source
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Medium
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Genre
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Language
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Time
1979 1970s 20th century
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Citation

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Another quote about Power of literature

A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us.

Franz Kafka

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Topic
Self-discovery Power of literature Books

Author

Franz Kafka
Source
Letters of Franz Kafka
Medium
Letter
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
German
Time
1904 1900s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Kafka, Franz. Letter to Oskar Pollak. 27 Jan. 1904.

Current Citation

Kafka, Franz. Franz Kafka: Letters to Friends, Family, and Editors, translated by Richard and Clara Winston. Schocken, 1990.

Another quote originally in Russian

But perhaps the universe is suspended on the tooth of some monster.

Anton Chekhov

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Topic
Nature of the universe The universe

Author

Anton Chekhov
Medium
Personal journal
Language
Russian
Time
1904 1900s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Chekhov, Anton. Personal notebook entry. c. 1904.