It’s as much a writer’s concern, who is responsible to his readers for all the books written before him as well as those which will be written after him.

It’s as much a writer’s concern, who is responsible to his readers for all the books written before him as well as those which will be written after him.

There is nothing more wonderful than freedom of speech.

We shall kill. If you have not killed at least one German a day, you have wasted that day... Do not count days; do not count miles. Count only the number of Germans you have killed.

Knowledge has outstripped character development, and the young today are given an education rather than an upbringing.

Unfortunately, young Russian artists are in a difficult position today. Painting, like all other arts, rests on a continuity of experience. More than anything, young painters and sculptors need to know the works of their immediate elders. Such a continuity does not exist here to a sufficient degree in the visual arts.

Do not count the days, do not count the miles. Count only the Germans you have killed. Kill the German - this is your old mother's prayer. Kill the German - this is what your children beseech you to do. Kill the German - this is the cry of your Russian earth. Do not waver. Do not let up. Kill.