Ciurlionis Paveikslai Quotes & Sayings

The idea of beauty is the fundamental idea of everything. In the world we see only distortions of the fundamental idea, but art, by imagination, may lift itself to the height of this idea. Art is therefore akin to creation. — Leo Tolstoy

Oh how the family affections combat
Within this heart, and each hour flings a bomb at
My burning soul! Neither from owl nor from bat
Can peace be gained until I clasp my wombat. — Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Torture and other forms of stress were inflicted — Aldous Huxley

Without trust, no company can ever hope for excellence. — Frank Sonnenberg

To lessen or destroy sexual pleasure is to lessen temptation; a fallback in case the religious injunctions on veiling and seclusion somehow fail to do the job. — Geraldine Brooks