Quotes by Pasternak, Boris

I don't like people who have never fallen or stumbled. Their virtue is >>

What you don't understand is that it is possible to be an atheist, it >>

As far as modern writing is concerned, it is rarely rewarding to trans >>

Quotations about Translation

To translate, one must have a style of his own, for otherwise the tran >>

A great age of literature is perhaps always a great age of translation >>

Translation is entirely mysterious. Increasingly I have felt that the >>

As far as modern writing is concerned, it is rarely rewarding to translate it, although it might be easy. Translation is very much like copying paintings.

Pasternak, Boris