In science one must search for ideas. If there are no ideas, there is no science. A knowledge of facts is only valuable in so far as facts conceal ideas: facts without ideas are just the sweepings of the brain… — Vissarion Belinsky Copy Share Image
Children's books are written for upbringing...but upbringing is a great thing; it decides the fate of the human being. — Vissarion Belinsky Copy Share
In order to have a literature, a nation must live, not merely on the practical, but on the moral and spiritual plane as well,… — Vissarion Belinsky Copy Share
I am strongly convinced that the people or society is the best and the most unerring critic. — Vissarion Belinsky Copy Share
It is apparent at first glance that in The Double there is more creative talent and depth of thought than in Poor Folk. But… — Vissarion Belinsky Copy Share
Do not worry about the incarnation of ideas. If you are a poet, your works will contain them without your knowledge - they will… — Vissarion Belinsky Copy Share
In science one must search for ideas. If there are no ideas, there is no science. A knowledge of facts is only valuable in… — Vissarion Belinsky Copy Share
The object of a comedy is not to correct morals or ridicule the vices of society; no, a comedy should depict the discrepancies between… — Vissarion Belinsky Copy Share
But in this world of morally-warped phenomena there are rare and happy exceptions of truly great magnitude, which always pay dearly for their exclusiveness… — Vissarion Belinsky Copy Share
