Andrei Platonov

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From our ugliness will grow the soul of the world.


— Andrei Platonov


#our #soul #ugliness #will #world

A man who's never seen war is like a woman who's never given birth - soft in the head.


— Andrei Platonov


#given #head #like #man #never

At the time of the Revolution, dogs howled day and night all over Russia.


— Andrei Platonov


#dogs #night #over #revolution #russia

If they don't think, people act senselessly.


— Andrei Platonov


#people #think

What if we all suddenly get carried away thinking - who will be left to act?


— Andrei Platonov


#away #carried #get #left #suddenly

Without truth I feel ashamed to be alive.


— Andrei Platonov


#ashamed #feel #i #i feel #truth

Does the world have nothing inside but sorrow?


— Andrei Platonov


#inside #nothing #sorrow #world

Happiness will come from materialism, not from meaning.


— Andrei Platonov


#come #materialism #meaning #will

I have a trend of my own.


— Andrei Platonov


#my own #own #trend

I lived and languished.


— Andrei Platonov


#lived






About Andrei Platonov






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Stalin held deeply ambivalent views regarding Platonov's worth. In the wake of the 1917 revolutions Platonov became very active in a variety of pursuits. Some of his work was publiAndrei Platonovd or reprinted during the 1960s' Khrushchev Thaw.

Although Platonov was a Communist his works were banned in his own lifetime for their skeptical attitude toward collectivization and other Stalinist policies. S. August 16] 1899 – January 5 1951) was the pen name of Andrei Platonovich Klimentov (Russian: Андре́й Плато́нович Климе́нтов) a Soviet author whose works anticipate existentialism.